The Parliamentary election held on March 22, 1965 was an important turning point in the post-independence history of Sri Lanka known as Ceylon then. ..

All knew if CP had lost, the UNP Government would lose too. It was only a few months before that the Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake laid the foundation stone for the Polgolla Diversion commencing ...

Having come into being in the mid-1960s, the JVP rose to national prominence circa 1970 by taking on Dudley Senanayake’s government, which it condemned as a US puppet. Claiming that the CIA was ...

The late Dudley Senanayake, as a statesman and as a man, was not made of common stuff. We live today in a land of paradox--- dirt of one sort or another, dust and crystal clarity. Noise, tumult, ...

The birth anniversary of the late Dudley Senanayake, is always tinged with nostalgia. It is inevitable, that the thoughts of those of us who knew him, should linger on all that he was and what he did ...

There was a dramatic scene that took place at the Dudley Senanayake commemoration ceremony which had been organized near the statue of the late Prime Minister at Borella on Friday. While the invitees ...

This time round he could win with only a majority of just over 1,000 votes and that too after a re-count, to a novice in politics, the affable Dharmasiri Senanayake whose campaign tactics and manner ...

Despite these close ties, D.S. Senanayake bypassed Sir John as his successor, instead paving the way for his son, Dudley Senanayake, to take the reins. Nepotism in Sri Lankan politics runs deep ...

Published here is the chapter ‘RG as Minister of Trade’ Alandmark in RG's political life was his appointment as a Minister in the Dudley Senanayake Government in 1952. He did not seek positions. He ...

The seven-party national Government under Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake was formed, largely due to the signing of an agreement (Dudley-Chelva pact) with Tamil leader S.J.V. Chelvanayagam ...

The National Government of Dudley Senanayake in 1965 was a seven-party coalition comprising the UNP, FP, SLFSP, MEP, ACTC, JVP and CWC. It was popularly referred to as the “Hath Haula” meaning an ...