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Esufaly Goolamhusen Adamaly was aBohra merchant and legislator inCeylon.
Adamaly immigrated to Ceylon from India became a successful merchant. His firm E. G. Adamaly & Co. was at the time the largest importer of rice, sugar, flour, matches, kerosene and grain. In 1905, the firm imported 400,000 bags of rice per year and owned extensive property in Colombo, Kandy, and Nuwara Eliya including the 300-acre (120 ha) Fairfield Estate of Rubber and Tea in Avissaewella. He was appointed by theGovernor of Ceylon as the Indianunofficial member ofLegislative Council of Ceylon in 1921. His sonKurbanhusen Adamaly also served as an appointed member of theSenate of Ceylon.[1]