T. B. Ilangaratne

T. B. Ilangaratne
Minister of Finance
In office
29 May 1963 – 10 June 1964
Prime MinisterSirimavo Bandaranaike
Preceded byP. B. G. Kalugalla
Succeeded byN. M. Perera
Personal details
Born
Navaratne Rajakaruna Wasala Mudiyanselage Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne

(1913-02-27)27 February 1913
Sri Lanka
Died21 May 1992(1992-05-21) (aged 79)
Sri Lanka
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
SpouseTamara Kumari Aludeniya
ChildrenSandhya, Rohana, Upeksha, Udaya
Alma materGalagedera Vidyalaya, Galagedera,
St. Anthony's College, Kandy
OccupationPolitician, author, dramatist, actor
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Navaratne Rajakaruna Wasala Mudiyanselage Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne (27 February 1913 – 21 May 1992), popularly as T. B. Ilangaratne, was a Sri Lankan politician, author, dramatist, and theater actor.[1] He was a Member of Parliament for Kandy, Galaha, Hewaheta and Kolonnawa in Colombo district. He served as the Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of Labour, Housing, Social Services, Finance, Commerce, Food, Trade and Shipping and in other government positions in a career spanning three decades. He established the Employees' Provident Fund, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation and the People's Bank while in office.[2] As a writer, Ilangaratne is best known for writing Amba Yaluwo (1957), a popular children's novel.

His novels Tilaka Saha Tilaka, Lasanda and Nedeyo have been adapted as films and Amba Yaluwo was made into a television serial.[3]

  1. ^ "Ilangaratne who acted and wrote stories". sarasaviya. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Stranger than fiction". Daily News. 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DailyNews2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).