D. S. Senanayake, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

D. S. Senanayake

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1884

Place of Birth: Negombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Date of Death: 22-Mar-1952

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Don Stephen Senanayake (Sinhala: ???? ??????? ????????; Tamil: ??.
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He was the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment of self-rule in Sri Lanka.
He is considered as the "Father of the Nation".A planter, Senanayake became active in the temperance movement which grew into the independence movement.
He was elected to the Legislative Council of Ceylon and thereafter to the State Council of Ceylon, where he served as Minister of Agriculture and Lands.
He was elected to the first Parliament of Ceylon forming a government and serving as Ceylon's first Prime Minister from 1947 until his death in 1952.