SOLOMON DIAS BANDARANAIKE

(Sir Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna Kadukeralu Bandaranaike)

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Solomon Dias Bandaranaike

It is not right that a servile race should inhabit the same locality which their ancestors inhabited in power and glory.

He was urging the majority Sinhalese to be more aggressive in dealing with the Tamils.

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Solomon Dias Bandaranaike

Born: May 22, 1862
Died: July 31, 1946
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Profession: Headmen

Biography

Sir Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna Kadukeralu Bandaranaike, KCMG, JP was a Ceylonese colonial-era headmen. He was appointed as Head Mudaliyar and the aide-de-camp to the British Governor of Ceylon, therefore he was one of the most powerful personalities in British colonial Ceylon.