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- 1. (1916–2000), Sinhalese stateswoman; prime minister of Sri Lanka 1960–65, 1970–77, and 1994–2000; full name Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike. The world's first woman prime minister, she succeeded her husband, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1899–1959), after his assassination. Their daughter Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (born 1949) was Sri Lanka's president 1994–2005.
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3 days ago · Bandaranaike Samadhi (where S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and Sirimavo Bandaranaike were entombed) at Horagolla, Sri Lanka. Bandaranaike died on 10 October 2000 of a heart attack at Kadawatha, as she was heading home to Colombo. She had been casting her vote in the parliamentary election, which had been held that day.
6 days ago · Source: pulitzer.org, Image: Wikipedia. 16. Fifty-two countries have had a female head of state over the past fifty years, including England, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Liberia. However, the United States is among those that never have, though Hillary Clinton might change that in a few months.
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5 days ago · In 1971, it was the great leadership of Sri Lanka’s then Prime Minister, the Late Hon. Sirimavo Bandaranaike and her SLFP government, ably supported by very many intellectuals in the opposition UNP party, that reasonably protected Colombo - supported only by a very inexperienced Army and Police.
4 days ago · D.R. Wijewardene is also credited with being a key figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement. His son, Ranjit Wijewardene, is the founding Chairperson of Wijeya Newspapers (Pvt) Limited. Initially, Ranjit served as the Chairperson of ANCL until it was nationalised in 1973 under Sirimavo Bandaranaike's government.
5 days ago · Golda Meir is elected prime minister of Israel on March 17, the world’s third woman to hold the office after Ceylon’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike and India’s Indira Gandhi 11. U.S. troop levels in Vietnam peak at 543,400. The war continues until April 1975, claiming the lives of 57,939 Americans 12.
6 days ago · Enigmatic dilemma of Katchatheevu. Saturday, 23 March 2024 | Santosh Mathew. T. In election time, this disputed island once again emerges as a recurrent motif, stirring debates and evoking...
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