Posted on April 13th, 2021 KAMALIKA PIERIS S.W.R.D Bandaranaike was Prime Minister for a very short time, 1956- 1959. Throughout this period, he was soundly ridiculed. Praise for Bandaranaike came several decades later when the MEP period came into historical review and it was found that changes initiated had become entrenched, also that they were good. Then they started to praise Bandaranaike as a person. Guruge (1999) said he admired SWRD’s extraordinary intellectual and oratorical skills. Bradman Weerakoon (2004) said SWRD was ‘uncommon man in the age of the common man’ HSS Nissanka (1976) reported that KPS Menon said Bandaranaike was