page_title: Charles Edgar Corea
section_title: The visit of Mahatma Gandhi to Chilaw
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Edgar Corea / The visit of Mahatma Gandhi to Chilaw
caption_attribution_description: Mohandas K. Gandhi
context_page_description: Charles Edgar Corea was a politician and a prominent freedom fighter of Sri Lanka.
context_section_description: Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India' had developed a very close relationship with C.E.Corea and his brother Victor Corea. C.E.Corea wrote many letters to Gandhi in India, on the subject of independence. Gandhi arrived on the shores of Ceylon on 12 November 1927, on his first and only visit to the island. 
  He was accorded a warm welcome in Colombo and he travelled all over Sri Lanka. Mahatma Gandhi made it a point to see his friends C.E.Corea and Victor Corea. A massive banquet was organised in his honour, in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya,' in Chilaw. There he met with members of the Corea Family – he stayed with the Coreas for several days.
caption: Mahatma Gandhi, the 'Father of India', visited Chilaw in 1927 on the invitation of C.E.Corea and Victor Corea, he stayed in a Corea home called 'Sigiriya.' Gandhi spent time with C.E.Corea and his family.
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