by Pradeep Moraes (Continued from last week) My father, Premnath Moraes, was extraordinarily proud to be a Benedicting and this part of him merits further exploration.Spanning his entire school career( with a colourful rainbow of classmates who included Fr. Paul Caspersz, Dr. Reinzie de Silva and Ossie Corea), except for the last twoyears , (when […]
D.B.S.Jeyaraj
Sixty-one years ago on September 25th 1959 Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (SWRDB) the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka known as Ceylon then was shot and seriously wounded by a Buddhist monk. Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike succumbed to his injuries and passed away the following day. Therefore September 26th 1959 got etched as an important date in the post-independence history annals of Sri Lanka.
The impact of that single assassination was tremendous at that time. The murder of a prime minister was sensationally shocking news. It was the first major political assassination experienced by the Island nation in the post-Independence era. In later years, political assassinations became a regular feature in Sri Lanka.. The death was an event of great historical importance too as it was the first ever assassination of a major political personality in the Island nation at that time. Thereafter September 26, 1959 got etched as an important date in the post-independence