Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena (11 January 1901 – 26 March 1972) was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and leftist. A founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja...

that broke away from the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party, since Philip Gunawardena (one of the principal LSSP leaders) refused to reconcile with the...

until 2022. Born in a political family, the son of Philip Gunawardena and Kusumasiri Gunawardena, and nephew of Vivienne Goonewardene, he was educated...

Minister Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena, the founder of the party. The MEP was founded in 1959 by Philip Gunawardena and PH William de...

Australian artist Philip Gunawardena (1901–1972), Sri Lankan Sinhala Trotskyist Philip Guston (1913–1980), American painter Philip Hamilton (1782–1801)...

Gunawardena is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include: A. P. N. C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene (1961–1983), Sri Lankan army officer Amila...

Leslie Goonewardene, N. M. Perera, Colvin R. de Silva, Philip Gunawardena and Robert Gunawardena. The party is currently led by Tissa Vitharana. The party...

pills of 'Marmite' yeast extract. Philip Gunawardena and N. M. Perera came to be known as Avissawelle Pilippuwa (Philip from Avissawella) and Parippuwa...

W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party led by Philip Gunawardena and Sinhala Bhasha Peramuna (Sinhala Language Front) led by Wijeyananda...

5 May, in the State Council, the LSSP members Dr N.M. Perera and Philip Gunawardena moved a vote of censure on the Governor for having ordered the deportation...

1959, a cabinet crisis resulted in the resignation of the leftist Philip Gunawardena and William de Silva. However the MEP remained intact. In 1959 trade...

KC, a prominent lawyer and Agnes Helen Don Philip Wijewardena daughter of Muhandiram Tudugalage Don Philip Wijewardena a wealthy timber merchant. He was...

support" to the British government. Leaders of the LSSP – notably Philip Gunawardena who was seen as 'father of Ceylonese Socialism' – denounced the war...

father from pursuing higher education, her maternal uncles, Philip and Robert Gunawardena, helped her attend University, where she was often involved...

division, continuously until 1977. Following his election, he and Philip Gunawardena, the other LSSP member of the State Council, used it as a platform...

Ekanayake Gunasinha Cholomondeley Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Kusumasiri Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena T. B. Jayah M. C. M. Kaleel A. P. Jayasuriya...

Architect and urban planner by profession. Born 23 August 1946 to Philip Gunawardena and Kusuma Amarasinha, Prasanna is brother of Indika (ex-cabinet minister)...

Rupasinghe Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. Gunawardena is the son of Dinesh Gunawardena and grandson of Philip Gunawardena, both...

Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena (12 March 1904 - 26 December 1971: Sinhala: රොබට් ගුණවර්ධන), popularly as Robert Gunawardena, was a Sri Lankan Marxist...

of Philip Gunawardena and Kusumasiri née Amarasinghe. His brothers included Prasanna Gunawardena, a former mayor of Colombo, Lakmali Gunawardena, state...

held in late 1947. He was unsuccessful in his attempt, losing to Philip Gunawardena by almost 12,000 votes. Following Bernard's death, Coldagh entered...

became a "non-aligned" country. The Paddy Lands Act, the brainchild of Philip Gunawardena, was passed, giving those working the land greater rights vis-à-vis...

Fonseka Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena Percy Jayakodi A. E. Jayasinghe D. Shelton Jayasinghe S...

(known as the "T Group"), including South Asia's pioneer Trotskyist, Philip Gunawardena, who had been active in Trotskyist politics in Europe, and his colleague...

Philip Gunawardena and Colvin R. de Silva—were arrested and jailed, but Goonewardene evaded arrest and went underground. Though Philip Gunawardena, N...

and British agent, and his wife. She had eight siblings, including Philip Gunawardena. After her father was arrested by the British during communal roundups...

movement leader during World War II and later a Member of Parliament. Philip Gunawardena - Lanka Sama Samaja Party leader, anti-war movement leader during...

decades later) and the LSSP State Council members N. M. Perera and Philip Gunawardena and others were arrested on 18 June. The Samasamajist press was raided...

Fernando Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena Lakshman Jayakody D. Shelton Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya...

gave his full support to make the Paddy Act a success along with Philip Gunawardena, who was the Minister of Agriculture and Food. On 19 February 1961...