Gammuladani is the Sinhala term for Village Headmen in Sri Lanka

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 in the past time. Gammuladani is like the king of the village

Village

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 and has full power to take any legal action within his village. He inspects all the crime

Crime

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s within the village and give punishment

Punishment

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s and he collects the tax

Tax

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 of the villages for the government

Government

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. He is the person who handles all the government and legal duties within the village.

Mostly the Gammuladani post gives to the Ralahami(Arachchi)-Headman families from Kings' period. He should have good character and a large amount of lands and good personality.