Vivienne Goonewardene
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Violet Vivienne Goonewardene, commonly known as "Vivi", was a Sri Lankan anti-colonial activist and prominent politician, serving as one of the world's first female ministers. A key figure in both the
Goonewardene in 1961
The BLPI.
The Ceylonese Independence Ceremony, 1948.
Philip Gunawardena
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Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and leftist. A founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the first political party in Ceylon which was known for having introduced T
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…which time she witnessed rampant malnutrition of the poor. Despite being disallowed by her father from pursuing higher education, her maternal uncles, Philip and Robert Gunawardena, helped her attend university, where she was often involved in activism. It was here that she met her husband, Leslie Goonewardene…
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