Anura Bandaranaike was a Sri Lankan politician,served as Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka (2000-2001) and Leader of the Opposition (1983–1988). He held several cabinet ministries as Foreign Minister briefly in 2005,Minister of Higher Education (1993–1994),Minister of Tourism,Minister of National Heritage (2007) and he last served as a member of parliament from the opposition.
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna is a leftist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka:once in 1971 (SLFP),and another in 1987–1989 (UNP). The motive for both uprisings was to establish a socialist state. Since then the JVP has entered mainstream democratic politics and has updated its ideology,abandoning some of its original Marxist policies such as the abolition of private property. The JVP has been led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake since 2014.
Patabendi Don Jinadasa Nandasiri Wijeweera,better known as Rohana Wijeweera,was a Sri Lankan Marxist–Leninist political activist,revolutionary,and founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Wijeweera led the party in two unsuccessful insurrections in Sri Lanka,in 1971 and 1987 until his assassination.
The 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrection was the first of two unsuccessful armed revolts conducted by the communist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against the socialist United Front Government of Sri Lanka under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The revolt began on 5 April 1971 and lasted until June of that year. The insurgents held towns and rural areas for several weeks,until the regions were recaptured by the armed forces,following strong support from friendly nations that sent men and material. Although this first attempt to seize power was quickly crushed by force,in 1987 the JVP launched a low-intensity insurgency in the island's southern,central and western regions that lasted several years.
Majuwana Kankanamage Victor Ivan is a Sri Lankan journalist. He was a Marxist rebel in his youth and later became the Editor of the controversial Sinhalese newspaper Ravaya. He served as the Editor of the Ravaya for 25 years consecutively since its inception. Victor is an investigative journalist,political critic,a theorist,social activist and also an author of several books.
Sri Lankabhimanya Karu Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Previously he was Mayor of Colombo from 1997 to 1999,Minister of Power and Energy from 2001 to 2004,Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs from 2007 to 2008,and Minister of Buddha Sasana,Public Administration,and Democratic Governance in 2015. He has served as Chairman of the Leadership Council of the United National Party (UNP),as well as Deputy Leader of the UNP. He is a member of parliament representing the Gampaha District since 2001. He had served as Sri Lanka's Ambassador to (Germany). As Speaker of Parliament,he also acts as Chairman of the Constitutional Council.
Nambukara Helambage Rajitha Harischandra Senaratne is a Sri Lankan dentist,politician,member of parliament and former cabinet minister. He is currently a member of parliament representing Kalutara district
John Anthony Emmanuel Amaratunga is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is a representative of Gampaha District for the United National Party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He resides in Kandana.He was the minister Tourism Development,Christian Religious Affairs and Land in the United National Party led government. He also held the powerful ministry of Interior in the 2001-2004 United National Party government.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake,commonly referred to by his initials AKD,is a Sri Lankan Marxist politician who is the current president of Sri Lanka. Dissanayake was the first elected president in second round of vote counting,after not gaining a majority and the first not from a traditional political camp.
Weerasangilige Wimal Weerawansa is a Sri Lankan politician,Member of Parliament and current leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF). Weerawansa has served many cabinet positions,including Minister of Industries from 2020 to 2022,Minister of Small and Medium Business and Enterprise Development,Industries and Supply Chain Management from 2019 to 2020,Minister of Housing and Social Welfare in 2018 and the Minister of Construction and Housing from 2010 to 2015.
Dewa people were one of the four main tribes of ancient Sri Lanka who founded the coalition of Sinhalese nationality. Sinhalese people are an ethnic group of the island of Sri Lanka. They were historically known as Hela people,Ceylonese islanders,and Sinhalese islanders. They constitute about 75% of the Sri Lankan population and number greater than 16.2 million. The Sinhalese identity is based on language,cultural heritage and nationality. The Sinhalese people speak Sinhala,an insular Indo-Aryan language,and are predominantly Theravada Buddhists,although a minority of Sinhalese follow branches of Christianity and other religions.
Don Upatissa Gamanayake,also known by his alias Dias Mudalali,was a Sri Lankan politician and the deputy leader of the Jantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during the 1987–1989 insurrection. Not a prominent figure during the JVP's 1971 insurrection,Gamanayake emerged as a leader only after the releasing of the JVP detainees in 1977. He moved up rapidly in the party hierarchy during the JVP's 1977–1983 democratic phase and became the second in command after the founder and the leader,Rohana Wijeweera. He unsuccessfully contested the 1983 Anamaduwa by-election under JVP. Gamanayake was captured and killed by the government forces in November 1989.
Fort Hammenhiel is a fort built around a small island between the islands of Kayts and Karaitivu of Jaffna Peninsula in Northern Sri Lanka.
Vahumpura also known as Wahumpura or Dewa people,are a Sinhalese caste,who were the second largest caste in Sri Lanka. They were traditionally producers of jaggery,but have now spread throughout the island undertaking many occupations,including agriculture.
Munasinghe Kariyawasam Appuhamilage Don Somadasa Gunawardana was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member of Parliament and government minister.
Balaupasakage Yasodis Tudawe was a Sri Lankan communist politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka,serving two terms as a member of parliament and one term as Deputy Minister of Education. He studied at St. Servatius' College,Matara.
The Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) were established by the Criminal Justice Commission Act No 14 of 1972,to serve as both a public inquiry and a tribunal to pass sentence. The key aspect of the CJC was that it could accept evidence that would have otherwise be inadmissible under the Evidence Ordinance which governs evidence applicable in court,the shift of burden of proof on the accused and the finding or sentence of the tribunal becoming final and would not be appeal-able. Two Criminal Justice Commissions were formed,the first in 1972 to try the perpetrators of the 1971 JVP insurrection and the second in 1975 to prosecute exchange control offences. The CJC was a controversial legislation and was repealed in 1977 under the Criminal Justice Commissions (Repeal) Law,No. 12 of 1977. General amnesty was issued to all convicted under the two commissions.
Communism in Sri Lanka dates back to 1935,when the Lanka Sama Samaja Party was founded by Trotskyists who campaigned for freedom and independence of Sri Lanka which was then a colony of the British Empire and known as Ceylon.
Devabandhanage Piyadasa,popularly known as Piyadasa Ranasinghe,was a Sri Lankan political activist who was killed by army forces. He was the organising secretary and a member of the JVP party in the period 1970–1989. He was also known as Dibba,Sudu Mama and Dunuwila.
