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Sir Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna Kadukeralu Bandaranaike, KCMG, JP (Sinhala: සොලමන් ඩයස් අබේවික්රම ජයතිලක සෙනෙවිරත්න රාජකුමාරුණ කඩුකෙරළු බණ්ඩාරනායක; 22 May 1862 – 31 July 1946) was ...
- 22 May 1862, Veyangoda, British Ceylon
- 31 July 1946 (aged 84), British Ceylon
- S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Alexandra Camelia Bandaranaike, Anna Florentina Bandaranaike
- Sri Lankan
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), serving from 1956 until his assassination.
- Sirima Ratwatte (m. 1940)
Bandaranaike (1916-2000), helps explain the consolidation of a Sinhalese Sri Lankan identity in the decades after the assassination. In other words, what was still only a communal identity under Bandaranaike was transformed into a national identity under Mrs. Bandaranaike. Scholars have tended to see the roots of Sri Lanka's civil war, pitting ...
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Aug 24, 2016 · Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias (1899–1959) Ceylonese statesman, prime minister (1956–59). He made Sinhalese the official language and founded the Sri Lanka Freedom Party to unite nationalists and socialists. He was assassinated by a dissident Buddhist monk, and his wife, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, succeeded him.
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. (Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike) (1899–1959), Sri Lankan statesman, born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka); educated at Oxford; after return to Ceylon served as member of State Council and House of Representatives; minister of health and local government, 1947–51; left ruling United National party, formed ...
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ), serving from 1956 until his assassination.
01 Oct 1919. Dates of time spent in Britain: October 1919 - February 1925. Location: Oxford, London. About: Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, the fourth prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), spent six years in England. He studied between 1919 and 1925 at Christ Church College, Oxford.
