1901 - 1972
Philip Gunawardena Sri Lankan Politician
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| First Name |
Philip
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| Last Name |
Gunawardena
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| Birthday |
11th January, 1901
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| Birthplace |
Sri Lanka
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| Died |
26th March, 1972
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
Sri Lankan
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| Occupation Text |
Politician
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| Occupation |
Politician
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Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena (11 January 1901 – 26 March 1972) was a prominent Sri Lankan politician and founder of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, the first political party in Sri Lanka. He is known for having introduced Trotskyism to Sri Lanka, where he is a National Hero for his role in the Sri Lankan independence movement, and is known as 'the Father of Socialism' and as 'the Lion of Boralugoda'. He was a long-time member of parliament and had served as Minister of Industries and Fisheries in Dudley Senanayake National Government Cabinet of Ceylon, as well as Minister of Agriculture and food under S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike from 1956-1959.
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