George E. de Silva
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George Edmund de Silva was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the first Cabinet Minister of Industries, Industrial Research and Fisheries in independent Sri Lanka, a Member of Parliament and St
George E. de Silva Statue at Kandy.
D. S. Senanayake cabinet
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The D. S. Senanayake cabinet was the central government of Ceylon led by Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake between 1947 and 1952. It was formed in September 1947 after the parliamentary election and it
George E. de Silva
…to the seat of Kandy, at the 1st parliamentary election from the United National Party, held between 23 August and 20 September 1947, and appointed to D. S. Senanayake's cabinet as the first Minister for Industries and Fisheries. He lost his seat in parliament in 1948, following an election petition filled by his opponent T.B…
The government in September 1947
Official Photographic Portrait of S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka
Junius Richard Jayawardana
Dudley Shelton Senanayaka