Natchez, Mississippi the United States acquired this area from the British after the American Revolutionary War, the city served as the capital of the American Mississippi Territory and then of the state of Mississippi. It predates Jackson by more than a century; the latter replaced Natchez as the capital in 1822, as it was more centrally located in the developing state. The strategic location of Natchez, on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, ensured that it would be a pivotal center of trade, commerce, and the interchange of ethnic Native American, European, and African cultures in the region; it held this position
S. A. Wickramasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe Dr. Sugiswara Abeywardena Wickramasinghe (13 April 1901 – 25 August 1981) was the founder of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka. The first Leftist to be elected to Ceylon State Council in 1931, he is considered as one of the leading political figures in the twentieth century of Sri Lanka. S. A. Wickramasinghe received his school education at Mahinda College, Galle. During his stay at Mahinda College, he joined the school societies and engaged in social services and Buddhist activities. Later he entered Ananda College, Colombo. There after he went to the Ceylon Medical College, and he