What is Solomon Dias Bandaranaike?
{{no sources|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Solomon Dias Bandaranaike | image = | caption = Maha Mudaliyar of Sri Lanka | birth_date = 22 May 1862 | birth_place = [[Horogolla Walauwwa]], [[Ceylon]] | death_date = 31 July 1946 | death_place = [[Ceylon]] | education = [[S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia]] | occupation = Businessman, chief advisor | title = [[Sri Lankan Mudaliyars|Head Mudaliyar]] | spouse = Daisy Ezline Obeyesekere | parents = | children = [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]]<br>Alexandra Camelia Bandaranaike<br>Anna Florentina Bandaranaike | nationality = [[Sri Lanka]]n | religion = }} Sir '''Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna Kadukeralu Bandaranaike''' KCMG, Maha Mudaliyar, JP (22 May 1862 - 31 July 1946) was the chief representative and adviser to the [[Governor of Ceylon]], the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King]]'s representative in colonial [[Ceylon]]. ==Early life== Bandaranaike was a member of an Sinhalese family, the son of [[Mudaliyar Don Christoffel Bandaranaike]] who was Mudaliyar Governors Gate and 2nd Udagaha Mudaliyar. He was educated at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia in [[Colombo]]. He married Daisy [[Ezline Obeyesekere]] in 1898 and his son, [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike]] became the 4th [[Prime Minister of Ceylon]] after independence and his granddaughter [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]] became both Prime Minister and President of Sri Lanka. His grandson [[Anura Bandaranaike]] became [[Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka|Speaker of the Parliamen]]<nowiki/>t of Sri Lanka. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bandaranaike, Solomon Dias}} [[Category:1862 births]] [[Category:1946 deaths]] [[Category:Sri Lankan politicians]] {{bio-stub}}