| Birth: | Jan. 8, 1899 | | Death: | Sep. 26, 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. (bio by: K)
Search Amazon for Solomon Bandaranaike | | | Burial:
Bandaranaike Family Estate
Kandy
Central, Sri Lanka |
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Originally Created by: K
Record added: Mar 04, 2005
Find A Grave Memorial# 10556667 |
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