S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

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Sri Lankan politician human prime minister

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.

Aliases (1)

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sri Lankan politician → human → prime minister →
causeOfDeath	assassination → gunshot wound →
child	Anura Bandaranaike → Chandrika Kumaratunga → Sunethra Bandaranaike →
countryOfCitizenship	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 →
founded	Sri Lanka Freedom Party →
fullName	Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike →
givenName	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	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 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ("Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike") →	fullName
Dominion of Ceylon →	headOfGovernment
Bandaranaike International Airport →	namedAfter
Sirimavo Bandaranaike →	spouse