# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/s-w-r-d-bandaranaike
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:03:05.282Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/s-w-r-d-bandaranaike"
name: "S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike"
slug: "s-w-r-d-bandaranaike"
description: "Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, also known as \"The Silver Bell of Asia\", was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon, serving from 1956 until his assassination in 1959. The founder of the left-wing and Sinhalese nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party, he was elected the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon after creating a powerful coalition called the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna and contesting on the lines of Sinhalese nationalism and democratic socialism. He achieved a landslide victory over the ruling United National Party in the general elections in 1956."
tagline: "4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956-59"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1899-01-08"
deathDate: "1959-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump