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Born to a political family from the Southern Province, Rajapaksa was educated at Ananda College, Colombo and joined the Ceylon Army in April 1971. Following basic training at the Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa, he was commissioned as signals officer and later transferred to several infantry regiments. [citation needed] .
May 10, 2024 · He earned a master’s degree in defense studies at the University of Madras in 1983. Career in the army and in the Ministry of Defense. By the end of his military training and education, communal violence between the country’s Sinhalese population and Tamil minority had been growing.
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