Dudley Shelton Senanayake (June 19, 1911 April 13, 1973) was a Sri Lankan politician who served as prime minister of Sri Lanka three times during the 1950s and 1960s. June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 13 April is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the...

Dudley was the son of Don Stephen Senanayake, who would become the first prime minister of Sri Lanka and found the United National Party which is still one of the main political parties in Sri Lanka and of which Dudley would be a life-long member. Dudley was serving as agriculture minister when his father died unexpectedly. Four days later, on March 26, 1952, to the surprise of many, Dudley was chosen as prime minister. He called a general election, which the UNP won. The government became unpopular a year later, in 1953, when the price of rice was raised and subsidies were cut. Though the UNP remained in power, Senanayake resigned as prime minister and left politics. This article needs to be wikified. ... The United National Party (UNP, Sinhalese:(pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி) is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He returned to politics in 1957 when the UNP lost elections. In March 1960, the UNP managed to form a government after elections and Senanayake became prime minister again, but the coalition fragmented and Dudley resigned as prime minister after only four months in office after new elections were held in which the UNP won less seats. He became the leader of the opposition and help force early elections in 1965 by persuading 14 supporters of Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike to defect. Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (April 17, 1916 - October 10, 2000) was a politician from Sri Lanka. ...

Senanayake served his longest term as prime minister from March 1965 to May 1970. His government originally consisted of six other parties and included both Tamil and Sinhalese nationalists. His government ha been credited with restoring the Sri Lankan economy. He and his allies were defeated in the 1970 elections. He remained active in politics until his death, which occurred after a long illness. Tamil may refer to: The Tamil language, which is one of the Dravidian languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ... {{language |name=Sinhala |nativename=සිංහල |region=[[Sri Lanka] |speakers=13 million |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=Indo-Iranian |fam3=Indo-Aryan |fam4=Sinhalese-Maldivian |nation=Sri Lanka |iso1=si|iso2=sin|iso3=sin |notice=Indic}} Sinhala (also Sinhalese, formerly Singhalese) is the language spoken by the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of...

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http://www.lankalibrary.com/pol/dudley.htm Pro-Senanayake biography