Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1884-1952) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Don Stephen Senanayake (Sinhala: දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක; 20 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was an independence activist. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1947 to 1952.
D. S. Senanayake | |
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![]() D.S. Senanayake | |
Prime Minister of Ceylon | |
Assumed office 14 October 1947 | |
Monarch | George VI Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | Dudley Senanayake |
Personal details | |
Born | Botale, Negombo, British Ceylon | 20 October 1884
Died | 22 March 1952 67) Colombo, Dominion of Ceylon | (aged
Nationality | Ceylonese |
Political party | United National Party |
Spouse(s) | Molly Dunuwila |
He was born in the village Botale. He was the son of Mudaliyar Don Spater Senanayake and Dona Catherina Elizabeth Perera Gunasekera Senanayake. Brought up in a Buddhist family, he entered Anglican school S. Thomas' College, Mutwal. Though a smart student, at school Senanayake did not succeed. He witnessed Buck’s famous farewell speech "You have learned the best lessons from STC (St. Thomas’s College)... true manliness and truth, courage, purity and all those things that make a man a gentleman...".
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