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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}<br />
{{EngvarB|date=January 2019}}<br />
{{more citations needed|date=July 2018}}<br />
The '''High Commission of India''', commonly known as '''India House''', is located at 36-38 Galle Road, Colombo, and the [[official residence]] in [[Colombo]] for the Indian [[High Commissioner]] in [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Kautilyan-machinations-and-Medamulana-Machiavelli--129298.html|title=Kautilyan machinations and Medamulana Machiavelli|newspaper=[[Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|Daily Mirror]]|date=20 May 2017|accessdate=17 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pm-narendra-modi-meets-mahinda-rajapaksa-in-colombo-2068860|title=PM Narendra Modi meets Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo|newspaper=DNA India|date=14 March 2015|accessdate=17 January 2019}}</ref><br />
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The building was built in the early 1900s as part of the estate of [[Charles Henry de Soysa]], whose descendants later sold the property around 1927 to the [[Imperial Bank of India]], which was later purchased by the Indian Government in 1956. It is a colonial style villa/bungalow, with large gardens located along [[Kumaratunga Munidasa Mawatha|Thurstan Road]], once part of the Alfred house estate.<ref>{{cite book| author1=Gandhi, Gopal | author2=Laki | author3=Sansoni, Dominic | author4=Silva Wijeyeratne, Gehan de | title=India House, Colombo : Portrait of a Residence, Seventy Five years of History and Home Life | publication-date=2002 | publisher=Vishva Lekha Publishers | isbn=978-955-599-278-7 |pages=3–5}}</ref> It is guarded by personnel from the [[Border Security Force]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.hcicolombo.org/aboutus_india_house.cfm India House]<br />
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{{Diplomatic missions of India}}<br />
{{Diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka}}<br />
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[[Category:Diplomatic missions of India]]<br />
[[Category:Diplomatic residences in Colombo]]<br />
[[Category:India–Sri Lanka relations]]<br />
[[Category:British colonial architecture in Sri Lanka]]<br />
[[Category:Manor houses in Sri Lanka]]</div>
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