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R. Premadasa in 1930. Ranasinghe Premadasa was born on 23 June 1924 at Dias Place, Colombo 11, to the family of Richard Ranasinghe (Ranasinghe Mudalali) of Kosgoda and Battuwita Jayasinghe Arachchige Ensina Hamine of Batuwita, Horana. Premadasa was the oldest of five children, three sisters, and one brother.
May 2, 1993 · As Prime Minister, starting in 1978 and after becoming President in 1989, Mr. Premadasa worked to ease poverty in Sri Lanka, a nation of more than 17 million people.
Ranasinghe Premadasa, the ninth prime minister and second president of Sri Lanka, was born on June 23, 1924, in Colombo. He came from a family of modest means. Politically a self-made man, he was the first "commoner" to be at the helm of affairs, breaking a tradition of the top leadership being in the hands of high caste landed aristocracy or ...
Ranasinghe Premadasa, the 3rd President of Sri Lanka, was assassinated on 1 May 1993. Premadasa had also served as Sri Lanka 's 8th Prime Minister, and an MP from Colombo Central district. Premadasa, along with 23 others, were killed in an explosion set off by the LTTE during a May Day rally held in the country's capital of Colombo.
- 1 May 1993, 12.45 pm (IST)
- Ranasinghe Premadasa
Ranasinghe Premadasa was born in 1924 at Kehelwatte, a deprived working-class area of central Colombo near the docks. He was a member of the Hinaya or washerman's caste, one of the lowest in the ...
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Dec 21, 1988 · Ranasinghe Premadasa (pronounced RAH-nah-SING-ah PRAY-mah-DAH-sah) was born on June 23, 1924, in a slum area of Colombo. His family came from one of the nation's lowest castes - the dhobis, or ...
May 1, 2021 · Ranasinghe Premadasa had extraordinary energy, determination and skill. Indeed, in the words of Evans Cooray himself, Premadasa was not a man, but “an institution”. Many years ago I did not have much regard for Ranasinghe Premadasa. Today, when I reflect on that fateful May Day in 1993 and what followed, I remember what Evans Cooray told me.
