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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

1899 - 1959

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Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), serving from 1956 until his assassination. The founder of the left-wing and Sinhalese nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party, his tenure saw the country's first left-wing reforms. Born to a wealthy, political family, he studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike has received more than 566,345 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike is the 7,991st most popular politician (up from 10,077th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (up from 16th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Sri Lankan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ranks 7,991 out of 19,576. Before him are Elisabeth Hevelius, Ashot II of Armenia, John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Zhang Wentian, and Zawisza Czarny. After him are Lembitu, Samak Sundaravej, Princess Caroline of Denmark, Princess Françoise of Orléans, Peter I, Duke of Brittany, and Rogvolod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ranks 104. Before him are Nicolas Frantz, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, Wilhelm Röpke, Mart Stam, Pavel Haas, and Jimmie Angel. After him are Marcel Dalio, Konstantinos Tsatsos, Walter Lantz, Ramon Novarro, Zaki al-Arsuzi, and Eugene Ormandy. Among people deceased in 1959, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ranks 62. Before him are Imre Schlosser, Jean Behra, Enrique Guaita, Hitoshi Ashida, Werner Krauss, and Dmitry Manuilsky. After him are Karl Mauss, George Reeves, Albert Ketèlbey, Irakli Tsereteli, Maxie Long, and Johan Bojer.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ranks 11 out of 51. Before him are Anagarika Dharmapala (1864), William Chester Minor (1834), Tony Hoare (1934), Aryadeva (200), St John Philby (1885), and Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945). After him are Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945), Jack Churchill (1906), Heather Armitage (1933), J. R. Jayewardene (1906), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), and Michael Ondaatje (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sri Lanka

Among politicians born in Sri Lanka, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ranks 4. Before him are Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1916), Ranil Wickremesinghe (1949), and Mahinda Rajapaksa (1945). After him are Chandrika Kumaratunga (1945), J. R. Jayewardene (1906), Gotabaya Rajapaksa (1949), Maithripala Sirisena (1951), William Gopallawa (1896), D. S. Senanayake (1883), Ranasinghe Premadasa (1924), and Dinesh Gunawardena (1949).

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