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Don Stephen Senanayake ( Sinhala: දොන් ස්ටෙෆන් සේනානායක; Tamil: டி. எஸ். சேனநாயக்கா; 20 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment of self-rule in Ceylon.
D. S. Senanayake (born Oct. 20, 1884, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]—died March 22, 1952, Colombo) was the first prime minister of Ceylon (1947–52) when the country became independent of Great Britain.
Don Stephen Senanayake respected as the ‘Father of the Nation’, was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) post independence. He is remembered for his leadership in the peaceful political movement aimed at achieving independence from the British. On February 4, 1948, the nation was granted self-rule as the Dominion of Ceylon.
D.S. Senanayake was the man who architected the destiny of a nation and single handedly facilitated the smooth transition from semi-colony to independence with great charm and determination.
Don Stephen Senanayake was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment of self-rule in Ceylon. He is considered as the "Father of the Nation".
Mar 22, 2016 · On the morning of 22 March, 1952, the first Prime Minster of Independent Ceylon, Don Stephen Senanayake was on the Police horse mare Chithra at the Galle Face Green as he was known to often ride for a while in the early hours, after he wakes up every day at 4 a.m.
Mar 27, 2021 · It is 69 years since the Father of the Nation, Don Stephen Senanayake passed away, with his death anniversary falling on Monday 22 March. He helmed the final phase of our struggle for freedom from colonial occupation, but I was not present then to experience his leadership first-hand.
Don Stephen Senanayake (Sinhala: දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක; 20 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was an independence activist. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) from 1947 to 1952.
May 17, 2022 · Don Stephen Senanayake renowned as the Father of the Nation, was born on Oct. 20, 1884. Post Sri Lanka receiving independence from the English, D.S. Senanyake became the first Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1947. Senanayake was educated in St. Thomas College, an Anglican school in Mutwal.
Just over 65 years after his death, D.S. Senanayake ranks as the greatest Sri Lankan political figure of the twentieth century, the one individual in Sri Lanka’s political leadership, over the past 60 to 70 years, who cannot be held responsible, in any substantial way, for Sri Lanka’s recent violent ethnic conflict and it’s associated ...
