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- NAME: S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
- OCCUPATION: Prime Minister
- BIRTH DATE: January 08, 1899
- DEATH DATE: September 26, 1959
- EDUCATION: University of Oxford
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- PLACE OF DEATH: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Full Name: Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike
- AKA: S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was the fourth prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was born on January 8, 1899 Colombo, Ceylon. He studied at the University of Oxford and returned to Ceylon to enter politics in 1931. Running under the People's United Front, Bandaranaike was elected prime minister in 1956, but was assassinated by a Buddhist monk in 1959. Bandaranaike's widow became prime minister following her husband's death.
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