Talduwe Somarama

Talduwe Somarama Thero
Born
Talduwe Ratugama Rallage Weris Singho

(1915-08-27)27 August 1915
Died6 July 1962(1962-07-06) (aged 46)
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging
Criminal chargeMurder (assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike)
PenaltyDeath by hanging

Talduwe Ratugama Rallage Weris Singho, better known as Talduwe Somarama Thero (27 August 1915 – 6 July 1962) was a Ceylonese Buddhist priest who shot and killed S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) in 1959.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, or Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (Prime Minister of Sri Lanka)". Britannica Online.
  2. ^ "Bandaranaike, Solomon West Ridgeway Dias". History.Com.
  3. ^ "Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike". Encarta.MSN. Archived from the original on 2008-04-01.