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Apr 13, 2024 · Sirimavo Bandaranaike, stateswoman who, upon her party’s victory in the 1960 general election in Ceylon (later Sri Lanka), became the world’s first woman prime minister. She left office in 1965 but returned to serve two more terms (1970–77, 1994–2000) as prime minister.
2 days ago · Bandaranaike often accompanied S.W.R.D. on official trips, both locally and abroad. She and her husband were both present after the psychiatric hospital in Angoda was bombed by the Japanese during the Easter Sunday Raid in 1942, killing many.
Apr 27, 2024 · This statue of the former Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959) was one of the focal points of the protest village that sprawled across the area from early April. It did not sustain any damage, but four people were arrested for violating the court order.
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Apr 20, 2024 · The gentle magnanimous manner of Stone left a profound influence on SWRD as Stone’s humane manner seems to have become an ideal, which Bandaranaike unconsciously carried through life.
Apr 24, 2024 · In a remarkable display of internationalism and leadership, in October 1964, Sri Lankan Prime Minister S. Bandaranaike proposed the idea for an Indian Ocean Zone of Peace (IOZP) at the Cairo Non-Aligned Summit.
May 1, 2024 · As a social worker at the early age of fifteen, he celebrated the First Anniversary of the Sucharitha Movement with S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and Mrs. Bandaranaike as Chief Guests, long before Bandaranaike ever thought of forming the SLFP.
