Leslie Goonewardene
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 41 years ago |
Date of birth | October 31,1909 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Panadura |
Sri Lanka | |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Party | Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
Previous position | Minister of Communications of Government of Sri Lanka (1970–1977) |
Education | London School of Economics and Political Science |
Founded | Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
Bolshevik–Leninist Party Of India | |
Ceylon And Burma | |
Died | Colombo |
Sri Lanka | |
Date of died | April 11,1983 |
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ID | 3612270 |
Leslie Goonewardene Life story
Leslie Simon Goonewardene was a prominent Sri Lankan statesman. He founded Sri Lanka's first political party, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, in 1935, and served as its General-Secretary from 1935 to 1977. Goonewardene was a key figure in both the Indian independence movement and the Sri Lankan independence movement.