Don Stephen Senanayake was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon, having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment of self-
Senanayake in 1934
Henry Pedris, a captain in the Colombo Town Guard, was executed by the British on the account of treason.
The United National Party is a centre-right political party in Sri Lanka. Founded by D. S. Senanayake in 1946, the party was one of Sri Lanka's two major political parties for several decades and has
D. S. Senanayake
…Stanley following Labour's win in the 1945 general election. He resigned his ministry in 1946 to push for full independence. That year he formed the United National Party (UNP) by amalgamating three right-leaning pro-Dominion parties. The granting of independence to India in 1947 and the appointment of Arthur Creech Jones…
First Executive President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayawardana
Ranil Wickremesinghe, the current and longest-serving leader of the UNP, in office since 1994
Anti government protest in Sri Lanka 2022