S. D. Bandaranayake, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Sri Lankan politician (1917-2014)
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About S. D. Bandaranayake
- Samuel Dias Bandaranayake was a Sri Lankan socialist politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Born to a wealthy family, his father was C.
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- Dias Bandaranayake and his mother was the daughter of Mahamudaliyar Ekanayake from Matara, his grandfather was Conrad (Peter) Petrus Dias Wijewardena Bandaranaike, Maha Mudaliyar.
- He was a cousin of S.
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- Bandaranaike.
- He was educated at S.
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- Thomas' College, Matara and studied agriculture at the University of Travancore.
- While in India he met figures such as Subhas Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore.
- On his return he joined the newly formed Ceylon Agricultural Corps as a Commandant during World War II. After the war he entered politics, campaigning for S.
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- Bandaranaike and joined his newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
- He was elected to parliament in 1952 and was re-elected in 1956 however he did not accept the office due to disagreements with S.
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- Bandaranaike on the Sinhala Only Act. He was involved in the 1971 JVP Insurrection against the SLFP led government under Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
- The Criminal Justice Commission which was set up to prosecute insurgents found him guilty of two counts of being a member of the JVP and attending the five lectures.
- He was given a suspended sentence of two years.
- In 1977, he was re-elected to parliament.
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