D. S. Senanayake

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Prime Minister Sri Lankan politician human

D. S. Senanayake was the first Prime Minister of independent Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and is widely regarded as the "Father of the Nation" for his leading role in achieving self-rule from British colonial rule.

Aliases (2)

Don Stephen Senanayake ×1
Senanayake ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Prime Minister → Sri Lankan politician → human →
birthDate	1884-10-20 →
birthPlace	Ceylon →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
child	Dudley Senanayake → Robert Senanayake →
commemoratedBy	D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo → portrait on Sri Lankan currency → statue at Independence Square, Colombo →
countryLedToIndependence	Ceylon →
countryOfCitizenship	Ceylon → Sri Lanka →
deathDate	1952-03-22 →
deathPlace	Colombo →
education	S. Thomas' College, Mutwal →
ethnicGroup	Sinhalese →
familyName	Senanayake →
fieldOfWork	agricultural policy →
founded	United National Party →
givenName	Don Stephen →
headOfGovernmentOf	Ceylon →
honorificTitle	Father of the Nation of Sri Lanka →
instrumentalIn	Ceylon Independence Act 1947 →
knownFor	agricultural and land development schemes in Ceylon → negotiating constitutional reforms with the British →
memberOf	Legislative Council of Ceylon → State Council of Ceylon →
monarchDuringTerm	George VI →
name	Don Stephen Senanayake →
notableFor	being the first Prime Minister of independent Ceylon → leading Ceylon to independence from British rule →
occupation	planter → politician →
officeEnd	1952-03-22 →
officeStart	1947-09-24 →
orderInOffice	1st Prime Minister of Ceylon →
parliamentaryBody	Parliament of Ceylon →
politicalParty	United National Party →
positionHeld	Minister of Agriculture and Lands of Ceylon → Prime Minister of Ceylon →
relative	Fredrick Richard Senanayake → R. G. Senanayake →
religion	Buddhism →
residence	Woodlands, Colombo →
spouse	Molly Dunuwila →
successor	Dudley Senanayake →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
D. S. Senanayake ("Senanayake") →	familyName
Dudley Senanayake →	father
Dominion of Ceylon →	firstPrimeMinister
Dominion of Ceylon →	headOfGovernment
D. S. Senanayake ("Don Stephen Senanayake") →	name
Dudley Senanayake →	precededBy