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May 9, 2020 · Bothale Walauwa is a large bungalow located in Bothale, Mirigama in Negombo district. The old mansion was passed on to the owner’s son, D.S. Senanayake.
Sep 5, 2022 · DS Senanayake hailed from Botale (pronounced like the Sinhala word for bottle), a village in Mirigama and rose to be a leader in the Temperance Movement, Ceylon National Congress and reached the summit of power as the first Prime Minister of Ceylon.
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Bothale Walawwa is a very old walawwa located in the Mirigama area in the Gampaha District of the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The first Prime Minister of our country is born in this Bothale Walawwa palace. It is also the birthplace of the Father of the Nation.
He was born in the village of Botale in the Hapitigam Korale (currently known as Mirigama) on 20 October 1884 to Don Spater Senanayake (1847–1907) and Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake (1852–1949).
- Dudley Senanayake, Robert Senanayake
- United National Party
Becoming a prominent State Council Minister and national leader; D. S. Senanayake was lead the infinitive to gain Ceylon's Independence from Britain and right to self-rule in 1948, becoming the first Prime Minister of Ceylon.
- Bothale
- Senanayake family
- 1865
Oct 24, 2021 · Around 1865, Spater Senanayake built a house on a 35-acre land in the Botale area of Mirigama, which was referred to as ‘Walawwa’ after the British Government gave him the Mudaliyar post. Due to its location in the Botale area, it later became known as the ‘Botale Walawwa’.
Jul 12, 2008 · The Senanayake, Rajakaruna and Karunaratna family belonged to the Sri Lankan aristocracy from the time of the British Colonial rule in Ceylon. A. P. Karunaratna of Negombo is remembered as the “father” of coconut in Sri Lanka.
