Peeris, OBE (20 September 1904 - ?) was a Ceylonese businessmen and politician. Peeris was the owner and managing director of the Uva Bus Company, a major...

Cultural affairs from 1956 to 1960 in the S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike cabinet and Dahanayake cabinet, and was a member of parliament representing the Sri...

formation in 1946 as a founder member, he was reelected from the Kelaniya electorate in the 1st parliamentary election and was appointed by D. S. Senanayake as...

Sunil Subasiri Abeysundara (15 April 1927 – 1989) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Deputy Minister of Fisheries and member of Parliament of Sri...

Following D. S. Senanayake's sudden death and the elections that followed, Bandaranaike was elected leader of the opposition. Mustering a powerful coalition...

of the leading political figures in the twentieth century of Sri Lanka. S. A. Wickramasinghe was born in Nasnaranketiya Walawwa, Athuraliya in the Matara...

a breakaway party of the United National Party his father once led. The 1993 Indian Tamil-language film Gentleman was rewritten by the director S. Shankar...

Congress and S. Kathiravelupillai of the Federal Party. He was re-elected at the July 1960 parliamentary election defeating G. G. Ponnambalam and S. Kathiravelupillai...

various social programmes before marrying and raising a family. Playing hostess to her husband S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, who founded the socialist SLFP...

Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Maha Mudaliyar. He was a cousin of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. He was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, St. Thomas' College...

near Vaddukoddai in northern province of Ceylon. He was the son of S. Appapillai, a retired station master, and Valliammai. He had three brothers (Sockalingam...

Gemoris Attygalle, a wealthy land and mine owner. He had a younger brother Justin Kotelawala and a sister Freda, who later married C. V. S. Corea. The Kotelawalas...

close to Harriet's siblings and their families. Harriet's brother S. K. Ponniah, a Church of England minister, became Chelvanayakam's guide and adviser...

significant amounts of land. Leslie was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, later being sent to a Welsh Publish school and studying at the London...

the United National Party, obtained 14,007 votes with a majority of 8,022 and won the seat. When S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, disgruntled over the policies...

electorates, a first in Ceylon. However, the Attorney General ruled that he was entitled for only one vote and allowance. He joined the government of S. W. R...

December 1971: Sinhala: රොබට් ගුණවර්ධන), popularly as Robert Gunawardena, was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and diplomat. He was one of the founders of...

Boralugoda'. A member of the State Council of Ceylon and the Parliament of Ceylon, he served as the Minister of Agriculture and food under S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike...

of the country. As a result, the Junior University Colleges were established to further technical education. He established the D. S. Senanayake College...

the inclusion of important recommendations initiated by A. Ratnayake, P. de S. Kularatne, S. Natesan and T. B. Jayah, that were initially opposed by...

Mudiyansege Suddahamy Dissanayake was a Ceylonese politician. He was the member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Kalawewa, representing the Sri Lanka...

Wanasinghe Rajapakse Senanayake Senevirathna Bandara Lenawa was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the member of Parliament of Sri Lanka from Kekirawa representing...

Wellawaya. In March 1944 Rambukpota ran for a seat on the State Council but was defeated by S. A. Peeris, he ran again in October but was defeated by...

the English section. From there he spent a year at the Cathedral Boys' School, Mutwal a branch school of S. Thomas' College, Mutwal, then known as Cathedral...

of First Parliament". Sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 30 December 2013. Kurera, S. K. J. "18th Death Anniversary of former Speaker Hugh Fernando today". Island...

Sooriyasena Jinadasa was a Ceylonese politician. He was the member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka for Maskeliya, representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party...

who first sowed Tamil Nationalism in the East of Sri Lanka, S. Karunanandarajah Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p...

Ilangaratne contested and won the Kandy electorate in June 1949. Joining S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike in his newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Ilangaratne...

Gate Mudaliyar Mohammed Samsudeen Kariapper (1899–1989) was a Sri Lankan headmen and politician. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of...

Secretary to the Minister of Labour and Social Services by Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake in 1948. In 1952, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to...