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| 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>
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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]].
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.hcicolombo.org/aboutus_india_house.cfm India House]
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| [[Category:Diplomatic missions of India]]
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| [[Category:Diplomatic residences in Colombo]]
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| [[Category:India–Sri Lanka relations]]
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| [[Category:British colonial architecture in Sri Lanka]]
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| [[Category:Manor houses in Sri Lanka]]
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