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Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa (Sinhala: රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa; Tamil: ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 until his assassination in 1993.
Ranasinghe Premadasa, the 3rd President of Sri Lanka, was assassinated on 1 May 1993. Premadasa, along with 23 others, were killed in an explosion set off by an LTTE suicide bomber during a May Day rally held in the country's capital of Colombo. The rally was organised by Premadasa's ruling political party, the United National Party .
- 1 May 1993, 12.45 pm (IST)
- Ranasinghe Premadasa
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May 1, 2018 · Gaston de Rosayro. Ranasinghe Premadasa was one of the most inscrutable and dynamic statesmen of our time whose services to the nation and the people surpasses that of any leader to date. He was a remarkable personality, a man of strong character who was hounded by his peers for his humble origins from both within his party and the opposition.
A long-time leader in the United National Party, Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924-1993) became the second president of Sri Lanka in 1988. 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.
Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa ( Sinhala: රණසිංහ ප්රේමදාස Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa; Tamil: ரணசிங்க பிரேமதாசா Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 to his assassination in 1993. Before that, he served as the Prime minister of Sri Lanka from 6 February 1978 to 2 January 1989.
May 10, 2021 · To add to this list, his 31st publication, he has now released a book analysing the assassination of President Ranasinghe Premadasa in broad daylight at a street corner in Colombo on the May Day of 1993. Gruesome killings of LTTE Premadasa’s assassination has been surrounded by mystery. Though fingers have been publicly pointed at the Tamil ...
Jun 23, 2021 · Wednesday, 23 June 2021 00:20 - - 6416. The political ascendancy of Ranasinghe Premadasa in Sri Lanka through the UNP was indeed a commendable feat. For a person of subaltern status in class and caste terms to rise to the pinnacle of power in a party like the UNP amounts to a political fairy tale. Today (23 June) is his 97th birth anniversary.
