The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election...
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The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council...
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C. W. W. Kannangara (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
National Party. Later, he became the first Minister of Education in the State Council of Ceylon, and was instrumental in introducing extensive reforms...
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D. S. Senanayake (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
elected to the State Council of Ceylon, where he served as Minister of Agriculture and Lands. He was elected to the first Parliament of Ceylon forming a government...
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1st State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1931 state council election...
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H. W. Amarasuriya (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
cabinet of D. S. Senanayake. A former member of the Ceylon state council, H. W. Amarasuriya was a founding member and the first general secretary of the United...
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
the State Council of Ceylon for two terms between 1931 and 1947, while serving in the second term as Minister of Local Administration in the Board of Ministers...
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Barnes Ratwatte (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
headman. He was a member of the State Council and the Senate of Ceylon. He was appointed to the posts of Rate Mahatmaya of Balangoda and Dissawa by the...
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Dudley Senanayake (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
statesman who served as Prime Minister of Ceylon from 1952 to 1953 (first term as the second prime minister of Ceylon), in 1960 (second term), and from 1965...
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G. G. Ponnambalam (category Members of the 2nd State Council of Ceylon)
leader of the Ceylon Tamils following the deaths of P. Arunachalam (1924) and his brother P. Ramanathan (1930). He contested the 1931 state council election...
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