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Solomon Bandaranaike

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Solomon Bandaranaike

Birth
Colombo, Colombo District, Western, Sri Lanka
Death
26 Sep 1959 (aged 60)
Colombo, Colombo District, Western, Sri Lanka
Burial
Kandy, Kandy District, Central, Sri Lanka Add to Map
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Ceylon Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka), from 1956 to 1959. After studying to become a lawyer in England, he became involved in politics and helped to establish the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Sinhala Maha Sabha in 1937, a movement to promote Sinhalese culture and community interests. He was assassinated by a dissident buddhist monk in 1959.
Ceylon Prime Minister. He served as the Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka), from 1956 to 1959. After studying to become a lawyer in England, he became involved in politics and helped to establish the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and the Sinhala Maha Sabha in 1937, a movement to promote Sinhalese culture and community interests. He was assassinated by a dissident buddhist monk in 1959.

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  • Originally Created by: The Silent Forgotten
  • Added: Mar 4, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10556667/solomon-bandaranaike: accessed ), memorial page for Solomon Bandaranaike (8 Jan 1899–26 Sep 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10556667, citing Bandaranaike Family Estate, Kandy, Kandy District, Central, Sri Lanka; Maintained by Find a Grave.