James Cornelius Thomas "Jack" Kotelawala (16 December 1910 – 1992) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. Kotelawala was born on 16 December 1910, in Hindagoda...

General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala CH KBE KStJ PC (Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් ජෝන් ලයනල් කොතලාවල; 4 April 1897 – 2 October 1980) was a Sri Lankan statesman, who...

after suffering a stroke and died the following day. Although Sir John Kotelawala was expected to succeed him, his son Dudley Senanayake, Minister of Agriculture...

Minister Sir John Kotelawala appointed Jayewardene as minister of agriculture and food and leader of the house. Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala called for...

of Right Hon. Sir John Kotelawala, then Prime Minister of Ceylon, welcoming the inauguration of the Sixth Buddhist Council. C.W.W. Kannangara retired...

Fisheries in June 1952. In October 1953 newly appointed Prime Minister John Kotelawala forced Ponnambalam to resign from the government because Ponnambalam was...

1953 on health grounds and was succeeded by his cousin Colonel Sir John Kotelawala. He returned to active politics in 1957, and led his party, the United...

succeeded him as Prime Minister in 1952, followed by his nephew, Sir John Kotelawala (1897–1980) in 1953, but this nine-year family dynasty ended with the...

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eminent brothers: C. Nagalingam, a Supreme Court judge, was acting Governor-General of Ceylon in 1954; C. Panchalingam was a medical doctor; C. Amirthalingam...

Tamil scholar from Tellippalai in northern Ceylon. Vanniasingam's brother was C. Balasingam, the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury. Vanniasingam was educated...

Government Agent of the Badulla District, accompanied by Badulla MP J. C. T. Kotelawala, appealed to them to leave. After touring the town, they left. On...

Province (7) M. B. Bambarapane Leo Fernando Gladwin Kotelawala J. C. T. Kotelawala S. A. Peeris J. A. Rambukpota E. B. Dimbulane Wilfred A. Ratwatte K...

Cabinet of Ministers Dr.T.B Jayah by A.H.M Azwer Dr. T. B. Jayah by F.Faisal Faleel Freedom fighter and national hero Dr. T. B. Jayah-Great humanist...

the name of Amarasuriya as the General Secretary with A. R. A. Razik and J. R. Jayawardene as Join Treasurers, which was carried unanimously. H. W. Amarasuriya...

studied at the University College, Colombo where he was a contemporary of J. R. Jayewardene. Perera graduated with a BSc degree from the University of...

John Kotelawala, who held the portfolio of Transport and Public Works. In 1954, he was promoted to Minister of Transport and Public Works by Kotelawala and...

by Dr Colvin R. de Silva. He supported the education reforms initiated by C. W. W. Kannangara by collecting a large number of signatures for a public...

cousins included future prime ministers Dudley Senanayake and Sir John Kotelawala. Like his father, R.G. Senanayake was educated at Royal College, Colombo...

intensification of racialized propaganda during the last two months. J. C. T. Kotelawala, MP for Badulla, accused the "yellow-robed Rasputins" in the government...

Prime Minister Sir John Kotelawala and served in this capacity till early 1956. He lost his seat in the 1956 general election to C. A. S. Marikkar. The Government...

Alice Elisabeth Kotelawala (née Attygalle), CBE was a Ceylonese businesswoman and philanthropist. She was the mother of Sir John Kotelawala, third Prime...

Sittampalam was a member of a distinguished family. His brother C. Ponnambalam and brother-in-law C. Casipillai were Mayors of Jaffna. His uncle A. Canagaratnam...

Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Sri Lanka: The...

daughter and helpers travelled to Madhurai by boat, where they were met by S. C. C. Anthony Pillai and taken to safe shelter. In India, Vivienne immersed herself...

Ratnayake W. Wickremasinghe Uva Province (7) Leo Fernando J. C. T. Kotelawala K. V. Nadarajah D. Ramanujam J. A. Rambukpota S. M. Subbaiah K. D. Sugathadasa Western...

in which 72 Tamil lawyers including S. J. V. Chelvanayakam and G. G. Ponnambalam acted for the defence. S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, leader of the TULF and...

journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Kotelawala, John Lionel (1964). Ceylon and Kotelawala: a selection of speeches made in the Legislature...

re-elected from Wattegama. He remained Minister of Home Affairs in the Kotelawala cabinet until he was defeated at the 1956 general elections by Aloysius...

after over its move to nationalize Lakehouse Newspapers and the defection of C. P. de Silva. In the election that followed in 1965, only Gunawardena was...