Sri Lanka prepares to seek for Apology from Portugal
People's Liberation Front(JVP) joins hands with "Portuguese Encounter' ', a group seeking an apology from the Portuguese for their occupation of the island of Sri Lanka. This group has also asked the JVP, a partner of Sri Lankan coalition government, for assistance in securing this apology.
The first Portuguese stepped on Sri Lankan soil is Lorenzo de Almeida a higher officer of the Portuguese colonial Navy.The areas the Portuguese claimed to control in Sri Lanka were part of what they majestically called the Estado da India and were governed in name by the viceroy in Goa, who represented the king of Portugal.
But in actuality, from headquarters in Colombo, the captain-general, a subordinate of the viceroy, directly ruled Sri Lanka with all the affectations of royalty once reserved for the Sinhalese and Tamil Kings, historians say.
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