ISBN 978-0-521-22069-9. "I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle - Visionary and Statesman". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 14 June 2020. "I. M. R. A. Iriyagolla: He was courageous"...
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September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as J.R., was a Sri Lankan lawyer, public official and statesman who served as Prime Minister...
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Lanka, a Country Study. Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. p. 197. "S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike – prime minister of Sri Lanka". Encyclopædia Britannica. "S.W.R.D. Bandaranayaka"...
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to arrest the leaders of the LSSP. On 18 June 1940, N.M. Perera, Philip Gunawardena, and Colvin R de Silva were arrested by the police with Edmund Samarakkody...
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into a house in Bullers Road (Baudhaloka Mawatha) in the Cinnamon Gardens area of Colombo. The house was shared with other leading TULF politicians (M. Sivasithamparam...
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Terana Sariffodeen (Sunday Times) Retrieved 2015-11-08 J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: 1906–1956 by K. M. De Silva, William Howard Wriggins, p. 127-8 & 168-70...
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2001). "S. L. Gunasekara takes on A. Vinayagamoorthy M.P." The Island. Reddy, L. R. (2003). Sri Lanka Past and Present. A. P. H. Publishing Corporation....
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Ranasinghe Premadasa (redirect from R. Premadasa)
election from the Ruwanwella electorate but lost to N. M. Perera. Following his defeat, he joined J. R. Jayewardene working for the party reorganization under...
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"Ceylon Today," December 1954 "Archives nationales (France) - Base de données Leonore/recherche". Retrieved 6 August 2020. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica...
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List of Sri Lankan journalists (section A–M)
J. Emmanuel Basil Fernando Susitha R. Fernando Vijita Fernando Thevis Guruge Tim Horshington I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Isaipriya Victor Ivan Balanadarajah...
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He initiated a guaranteed price scheme for paddy and farmers. He received the portfolios of Health and Local Government when S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike...
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Rasheed M. "A true leader of the nation - Deshamanya Al-Haj M. A. Bakeer Markar". Daily News. Retrieved 17 May 2023. "A symbol of national unity: M. A. Bakir...
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Amarasuriya, Dudley Senanayake, J. R. Jayewardene, Sir Oliver Goonetilleke, Dr. N. M. Perera and others. There was also a public campaign launched by E. W...
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University of London in 1918. At St. Thomas Chelvanayakam was a contemporary of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, future Prime Minister of Ceylon. After graduation...
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Sirimavo Bandaranaike (redirect from Sirimavo R. D. Bandaranaike)
various social programmes before marrying and raising a family. Playing hostess to her husband S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, who founded the socialist SLFP in...
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I.M.R.A. Iriyagolla (Independents) The alliance won the 1956 elections and formed the government. The MEP alliance fell apart Mr I.M.R.A. Iriyagolle resigned...
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gathered around him several like-minded Ceylonese, including N. M. Perera, Colvin R de Silva and Leslie Goonewardene. They came to be known as the 'T-Group'...
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Saumiyamoorthy Thondaman) was a Sri Lankan politician who represented the Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka of which he was a member. At the time of his death...
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with a brief interval in 1960. In 1956, he was appointed to the Cabinet of Ministers as the Minister of Education. He unexpectedly succeeded S. W. R. D...
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politics from the newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party, he played a major role in S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's landslide victory in the 1956 general elections...
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other candidate, A. R. A. Razik (representing the United National Party), by 1,899 votes. Razik was a prominent Muslim leader and a founding member of...
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was his brother-in-law. He was a cousin of R. S. F. de Mel, former mayor of Colombo. "Hon. de Mel, Reginald Abraham, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved...
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Indrani Iriyagolle (c. 1933-2015) was a well-known figure[weasel words] in Sri Lanka for rehabilitation, welfare, women's rights and humanitarian work...
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United National Party, obtained 14,007 votes with a majority of 8,022 and won the seat. When S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, disgruntled over the policies of...
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defeated both the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate, P. M. Jayasena, and the sitting member, R. S. Pelpola, polling 7,950 votes (43% of the total vote)...
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October 1962, whilst still in office. His parliamentary seat was taken up by D. M. Tilakaratne Bandara, who was elected at the Parliamentary by-election held...
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the Colombo New Theater Grounds, Sri Lanka. Minister of Education I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle was the chief guest at the awards night. The film Binaramalee won...
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Razik Fareed (category Ceylonese military personnel of World War I)
OBE, JP, UM (29 December 1893 – 23 August 1984), also known as A. R. A. Razik, was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) landed proprietor, politician and philanthropist...
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Secretary with A. R. A. Razik and J. R. Jayawardene as Join Treasurers, which was carried unanimously. H. W. Amarasuriya later became a vice president...
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independent M. E. H. Mohammed Ali at the 1952 parliamentary election. He tried to re-enter Parliament at the March 1960 parliamentary election as a Lanka Democratic...
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