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Also Known As Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
Born January 8, 1899 • Colombo
Died September 26, 1959 (aged 60) • Colombo
Title / Office prime minister (1956-1959), Sri Lanka
Founder Sinhala Maha Sabha
Political Affiliation Sinhala Maha Sabha
Notable Family Members spouse Sirimavo Bandaranaike • daughter Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Role In Sinhala Only Bill
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Mahinda Rajapaksa
prime minister of Sri Lanka
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
president of Sri Lanka
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Anura Kumara Dissanayake
president of Sri Lanka
The world's first woman prime minister
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
prime minister of Sri Lanka
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
president of Sri Lanka
J.R. Jayewardene
president of Sri Lanka
D. S. Senanayake
prime minister of Ceylon
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills.
Susan Lincoln Tolman Mills
American missionary and educator
C.G. Seligman
British anthropologist
Duṭṭhagāmaṇī
king of Sri Lanka
Mahendra
Buddhist missionary
Parākramabāhu I
king of Sri Lanka
Anura P. S. D. Bandaranaike
Sri Lankan politician
M.I.A.
M.I.A.
British-born Sri Lankan rapper
Muttiah Muralitharan
Sri Lankan cricketer