S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Christ_Church,_Oxford
gptkb:St_Thomas'_College,_Mount_Lavinia
gptkbp:birthDate 1899-01-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Colombo,_Ceylon
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:murder
gptkbp:child gptkb:Anura_Bandaranaike
gptkb:Sunethra_Bandaranaike
gptkb:Chandrika_Kumaratunga
gptkbp:deathDate 1959-09-26
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Colombo,_Ceylon
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Sinhalese
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Solomon_West_Ridgeway_Dias_Bandaranaike
gptkbp:honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam_Pact
assassination in 1959
promoting Sinhala as official language
gptkbp:memberOfParliamentFor gptkb:Attanagalla
gptkb:Veyangoda
gptkb:Kurunegala
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Sri_Lankan
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Sinhala_Only_Act
gptkbp:occupation politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Lady_Daisy_Ezline_Bandaranaike
gptkb:Sir_Solomon_Dias_Bandaranaike
gptkbp:party gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party
gptkb:United_National_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld Prime Minister of Ceylon
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_Kotelawala
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglican
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Bandaranaike_Samadhi,_Horagolla
gptkbp:signature SWRD Bandaranaike signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sirimavo_Bandaranaike
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Wijeyananda_Dahanayake
gptkbp:termEnd 1959-09-26
gptkbp:termStart 1956-04-12
gptkbp:title gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Minister_of_External_Affairs_and_Defence
gptkb:Minister_of_Health_and_Local_Government
Leader of the House
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ceylon
gptkb:Dominion_of_Ceylon
gptkb:State_Council_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkb:State_Council_of_Ceylon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5