S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan statesman and founder of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party who served as prime minister in the 1950s and was assassinated while in office.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Sri Lankan politician
human
prime minister
causeOfDeath assassination
gunshot wound
child Anura Bandaranaike
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994)
surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga

Sunethra Bandaranaike
countryOfCitizenship Sri Lanka
surface form: Ceylon

Sri Lanka
dateOfBirth 1899-01-08
dateOfDeath 1959-09-26
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Inner Temple
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
ethnicGroup Sinhalese
familyName Bandaranaike International Airport
surface form: Bandaranaike
founded Sri Lanka Freedom Party
fullName S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike self-linksurface differs
surface form: Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
givenName King Solomon
surface form: Solomon
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
knownFor being assassinated while in office
founding the Sri Lanka Freedom Party
serving as Prime Minister of Ceylon
languageSpoken English
Sinhala
mannerOfDeath homicide
memberOf Parliament of Ceylon
surface form: House of Representatives of Ceylon

State Council of Ceylon
movement Sinhala nationalist movement
notableWork Sinhala Only policy
occupation lawyer
statesman
officeEnd 1959
officeStart 1956
placeOfBirth Colombo
placeOfDeath Colombo
politicalParty Sri Lanka Freedom Party
United National Party
positionHeld Leader of the Opposition of Ceylon
Minister of Health
Minister of Local Government
Prime Minister of Ceylon
previouslyFollowedReligion Anglicanism
religion Buddhism
residence Tintagel, Colombo
spouse Sirimavo Bandaranaike

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Description of subject: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was a prominent Sri Lankan statesman and founder of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party who served as prime minister in the 1950s and was assassinated while in office.

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dominion of Ceylon headOfGovernment S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike fullName S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike spouse S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Bandaranaike International Airport namedAfter S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Ceylon officeHoldersInclude S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
W. Dahanayake precededBy S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka Freedom Party foundedBy S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka Freedom Party hasNotableLeader S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka Freedom Party notablePrimeMinisterFromParty S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sinhala Only policy associatedWithGovernment S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
this entity surface form: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike government
Tintagel, Colombo formerOwner S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Tintagel, Colombo notableResident S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sir John Kotelawala succeededBy S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike spouse S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Anura Bandaranaike father S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sunethra Bandaranaike father S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sunethra Bandaranaike notableRelative S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka officeHoldersInclude S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) father S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga
Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka associatedWith S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Horagolla Walauwa
Horagolla Walauwa, Sri Lanka hasSignificantPersonBuriedNearby S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
subject surface form: Horagolla Walauwa
Buddhist socialism advocatedBy S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike