This was a historic visit-Gandhi was invited to Chilaw by the freedom fighters Charles Edgar Corea and his brother Victor Corea who lived in the town, the brothers founded the Chilaw Association and the Ceylon National Congress and campaigned hard for the independence of Ceylon.
This was a historic visit. Gandhi was invited to Chilaw by the freedom fighters Charles Edgar Corea and his brother Victor Corea, the brothers founded the Chilaw Association. Gandhi was invited to Chilaw by the freedom fighters Charles Edgar Corea and his brother Victor Corea, the brothers founded the Ceylon National Congress. This brother Victor Corea lived in the town. Gandhi was campaigned hard for the independence of Ceylon.