M. C. Siddi Lebbe

M. C. Siddi Lebbe was born on 11 June 1838 in Kandy. A lawyer, he devoted his life to the advancement of the island's Muslim community: he founded a weekly in Tamil, the Muslim Nesan, opened in 1884 in Colombo the first Anglo-Muslim school, later to become Zahira College, then other schools, including a girls' school in Kandy run by his sister, and had textbooks printed and distributed free of charge. He died in Kandy on 5 February 1898; the State has since ranked him among the national heroes.

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• Novelஅசன்பே சரித்திரம்M. C. Siddi Lebbe · 1885not translated into EnglishLiterature