Historical background of a country is totally originated from economic, social, cultural, ethnic, educational and criminal background of the country. Political background, in relation to the other fields, is more important, as it can design or influence the nature of those fields. It can be confirmed according to the studies carried out regarding the historical background of Sri Lanka.
D. S. Senanayake was appointed as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1947 from United National Party (UNP). This is when many things started to change. Indian Tamil plantation workers lost their franchise rights because of government policies.
After the death of the Prime Minister D. S. Senanayake, his son, Dudley Senanayake was appointed as the Prime Minister in 1952 (1st time). He resigned from the position in 1953 as a result of massive Hartal conducted by Left parties against UNP.
His uncle, Sir John Kotelawala then became the Prime Minister, but was not as successful as previous leaders. He opposed to make Sinhala and Tamil languages official. He attacked politically active Buddhist monks and opposed Buddhist lobby.
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was selected to be the next Prime Minister in 1956 election from Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP). He enacted “Sinhala Only Act” and made Sinhala as the first and preferred language in employment and education.
After the assassination of Prime Minister Bandaranaike, his position was filled up by Wijayananda Dahanayake in 1959.
As a result of his failure, Dudly Senanayake re-elected to be the Prime Minister (2nd time).
In 1960 election, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, wife of former Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, was appointed as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, holding the honour of first lady to be the Prime Minister in the world (1st time).
Many economic problems began to rise. It led people to reappointed Dudly Senanayake to the position in 1965 (3rd time). State control was less over economy.
Following that, Srimawo Bandaranaike was reappointed as the Prime Minister in 1970 (2nd time).
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