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Posted on April 29th, 2021 KAMALIKA PIERIS SWRD Bandaranaike was assassinated in 1959. This was followed by two attempts to remove his successor, Sirimavo.  First, the failed coup of 1962 and second, the JVP insurgency of 1971. The 1971 rebellion was the first armed uprising against the state. Mano Ratwatte, son of Mackie Ratwatte, Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sirimavo, recalls that in January 1966, at a political rally the   Air Force guard had threatened to open fire on Prime Minister Sirimavo and Dr. Baduiddin Mohammed. The 1971 JVP insurgency has been described as a romantic, innocent revolution,  an unplanned spontaneous attack. It was nothing of the sort. It was pre-planned and well

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