Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike,commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike (මැතිනිය),was a Sri Lankan politician. She was the world's first female prime minister when she became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960. She chaired the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from 1960 to 1994 and served three terms as prime minister,two times as the chief executive,1960 to 1965 and 1970 to 1977,and once again in a presidential system from 1994 to 2000,governing under the presidency of her daughter Chandrika Kumaratunga.
William Gopallawa was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and became the first and only non-executive and ceremonial President of Sri Lanka when Ceylon declared itself a republic in 1972 and changed its name to Sri Lanka. From 1948 to 1972,the Dominion of Ceylon was a Commonwealth realm with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state and Queen of Ceylon. He served as Governor-General during the tenure of different governments headed by Sirimavo Bandaranaike of the SLFP and Dudley Senanayake of the UNP.
The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until it became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.
Matale is a major city in Central Province,Sri Lanka. It is the administrative capital and largest urbanised city of Matale District. Matale is also the second largest urbanised and populated city in Central Province. It is located at the heart of the Central Highlands,of the island and lies in a broad,green fertile valley at an elevation of 364 m (1,194 ft) above sea level. Surrounding the city are the Knuckles Mountain Range,the foothills were called Wiltshire by the British. They have also called this place as Matelle.
Moithra Cuda Banda Gopallawa was a Sri Lankan politician. Gopallawa was the son of William Gopallawa who served as Governor-General of Ceylon and President of Sri Lanka. Gopallawa was a member of Sri Lanka's parliament. He served as deputy Minister of Labour from 1994 to 1997,deputy minister of public works from 1997 to 2000,and as cabinet minister of cultural affairs from 2000 to 2001. He lost the 2001 General Election. In 2002 he became the governor of Central Province,Sri Lanka and served in that position until his death. He died at a hospital in Colombo,Sri Lanka's capital,during treatment for an illness.
The Sri Lanka Scout Association,is a Scouting organization in Sri Lanka operated by the Ceylon Scout Council. The Ceylon Scout Council is a corporation formed by Act No 13 of 1957. The association became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1953. The coeducational Sri Lanka Scout Association has 33,709 members as of 2014. in 2016 the year that the National Organisation reached 104 years the Scouting Population in Sri Lanka had increased to 55,078 the growth taking place against the year 2015 was 29% which was a great achievement by the SLSA.
Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke was a Sri Lankan statesman. Having served as an important figure in the gradual independence of Ceylon from Britain,he became the third Governor-General of Ceylon (1954–1962). He was the first Ceylonese individual to hold the vice-regal post.
Ceylon was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972,that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In 1948,the British Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon. In 1972,the country became a republic within the Commonwealth,and its name was changed to Sri Lanka.
President's House is the official residence and workplace of the President of Sri Lanka,located at Janadhipathi Mawatha,Colombo,Sri Lanka. Since 1804 it had been the residence of British Governors and Governors-General and was known as the "King's House" or the "Queen's House" until Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972.
Neranjan Priyadarshana Dullewe Wijeyeratne is a Sri Lankan. He was Diyawadana Nilame of the Sri Dalada Maligawa,Kandy for 20 years from 1985 to 2005. Wijeyeratne was former United National Party politician and ex chief organiser for the Galagedara Electorate in Kandy District and former Leader of the Opposition in the Kandy Municipal Council.
Matale electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Matale in the Central province. The district currently elects five of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 342,684 registered electors in 2010.
Christ Church College,Matale is a mixed state school in Matale,Sri Lanka.
Uda Walawwe Bernard Herbert Aluwihare also known as Bernard Aluwihare was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who served in both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament from Matale. He became the Minister for Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs in Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet in 1960.
First Lady of Sri Lanka refers to the wife of the President of Sri Lanka. To date,there have been eight women who have served in the role. The current First Lady of Sri Lanka is Professor Maithree Wickremesinghe,wife of President Ranil Wickremasinghe,who has held the position since 20 July 2022. There have been no first gentlemen of Sri Lanka to date,since former President Chandrika Kumaratunga,the country's only female head of state,was a widow while in office.
Ena de Silva was a notable Sri Lankan artist,credited with re-establishing the country's batik industry. She was renowned for her skillsets in the design of batiks and handicrafts and played a pivotal role in reviving the arts and crafts in Sri Lanka.
Reginald Wilfred Tennekoon was a Ceylonese politician and businessman.
Sujatha Chandradasa Paramanathan,is a former beauty queen and actress in Sri Lankan cinema,theater and television. She is the first Sri Lankan actress turned politician,where she won the Yatawatta Gam Sabha council from Matale district in 1960.
