Swrd bandaranaike biography
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaiek (Sinhala: සොලමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක, Tamil: சாலமன் வெஸ்ட் ரிச்சர்ட் டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கா; 8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959) commonly known as S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, was the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He was killed (assassinated) by a Buddhist monk named Talduwe Somarama.[1]
Early life
[change | change source]It is believed he was privately tutored and was sent to S.Thomas' for sake of record. He entered Oxford University instead.
Bandaranaike was born in Colombo, Ceylon to a Sinhalese Anglican Christian family and was the son of the powerful Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranike the Maha Mudaliyar (the chief native and advisor to the Governor) of Horagolla Walauwa in Atthanagalla, during the British colonial rule, who named his son after West Ridgeway, the Governor of Ceylon at the time was his god father. In later life he converted to Buddhism in order to join politics
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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 th
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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 nation owning family that had strong links with the British ledning, his father Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike being a high ranking local tjänsteman 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 fryst vatten not only yet remembered and revered, but continues t