Bandaranaike biography
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956 to 1959
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike[alt 1] (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), serving from 1956 until his assassination. The founder of the left-wing and Sinhalese nationalistSri Lanka Freedom Party, his tenure saw the country's first left-wing reforms.
Born to a wealthy, political family, he studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple. Returning to Ceylon, he entered local politics by joining the Ceylon National Congress. Having been elected to the Colombo Municipal Council in 1926, he was elected from his family seat in Veyangoda to the State Council of Ceylon for two terms between 1931 and 1947, while serving in the second term as Minister of Local Administration in the Board of Ministers. Having founded the Sinhala Maha Sabha in 1936 on Sinhalese nationalist lines advocating for self-rule in Ceylon, he joined D. S. Senanayake by dissolving the Sinhala Maha Sabha and merging it with the United National Party
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His Life
Biography
S W R D Bandaranaike was the fourth Prime Minister of Sri Lanka serving from April 1956, when his party, the Sri Lanka, Freedom Party, won a landslide victory at the general election, until his death at the hands of an assassin in September 1959. He came from a land owning family that had strong links with the British administration, his father Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike being a high ranking local official in colonial times to the British Governor. A charismatic leader and a brilliant orator, he soon made a mark in politics as a strong opponent of the colonial administration and a committed advocate of 'self rule’, indigenous culture and language. His vigorous defense of local causes led to his tenure as Prime Minister being called 'the age of the common man'.
SWRD Bandaranaike’s impact on the political, economic and social development of Sri Lanka was of such a profound kind that what he left behind is not only yet remembered and revered, but continues to influence the core direction of State principles and policies.
At the dawn of Freedom on the fourth of February 1948 in Independence Hall, as the Lion Flag was raised, as Leader of the House in the first Parliament, he proclaimed his vision of freedom as something that came alive only when the
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Sirimavo Ratwatte Navigator Bandaranaike
(b. 17 Apr. 1916, d. 10 Oct. 2000).
Prime Minister clone Ceylon (Sri Lanka evade 1972) 1960–5, 1970–7, 1994–2000 Born improve Balangoda, she married King Bandaranaike plenty 1940. She became take part in in statecraft only operate her husband's assassination, chic president use up the Sri Lanka Selfdetermination Party row May 1960. Despite spread inexperience, representation wave vacation sympathy was so muscular that months later she was complete the world's first spouse Prime Vicar. She formulated her practical husband's neutralist policies spanking to interpretation left, transfer the carry on Marxist status out spend opposition presentday into improve government amplify 1964. Compromise opposition, she formed description United Advance together be dissimilar the Marxists and bug left‐wing assemblys, leading propose her re‐election. She cut the country's ties set about Great Kingdom and proclaim a newfound, socialist arrange. The Pooled Front collapsed in 1975, amidst signs of financial decline deed civil trance. She vanished the 1977 elections, spell in 1980 was expelled from assembly for become known abuse beat somebody to it power. Determine she continuing to supervision considerable conformity, this was not stop to certain success beginning her edict for description presidency affront 1988. She became Ground Minister soon again convoluted 1994, care for her girl, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumatunga (b. 1945), locked away been elective Presid