† Maligawa Raja is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1988-07-16 at Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth, in Sri Lanka, . Official death reason described as "an illness".
Maligawa Raja was born wild ~1913, captured 1925 , captured at Eravur in Batticaloa District.
According to various sources four Feet five inches in height and 12 years of age, in 1925. On August 20, 1986 President J. R. Jayewardene declared Raja as a national treasure in recognition of its invaluable services to the religion. A stamp was issued in its memory on December 12, 1989, and also the 1000 Rupee bill, with Raja and the muslim trainer Umar Lebbe Panicker from Eravur in Batticola.
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