What is Talduwe Somarama?
'''Talduwe Ratugama Rallage Weris Singho''', better known as '''Talduwe Somarama''' (1915–1962), shot and killed [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike|Solomon Bandaranaike]], the [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] (then called [[Ceylon]]) in 1959. He later converted to [[Christianity]], just weeks before being [[Hanging|hanged]] in the [[Welikada gallows]]. == References == * A.C. Alles, Famous Criminal Cases of Sri Lanka, Volume III: The Assassination of Prime Minister SWRD Bandaranaike (Dec-1979): Published by the author. Hardcover published by Vantage, Inc., N.Y., U.S.A. 1986 as The Assassination of a Prime Minister. {{ISBN|0-533-06636-0}}. * Lucian G. Weeramantry, The Assassination of a Prime Minister - The Bandaranaike Murder Case (Hardcover, Geneva, Switzerland, 1969). * Firoze Sameer, dOSSIEr COREA: A portfolio on crime (Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1999) {{ISBN|955-96740-0-5}}. * Seneviratne, H.L: Buddhist monks and ethnic politics. Anthropology Today, April 2001; 17(2): 15-21. * Weeramantry, L.G: Assassination of a Prime Minister – The Bandaranaike Murder Case, Geneva, 1969. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Somarama, Talduwe}} [[Category:1915 births]] [[Category:Assassins]] [[Category:People executed by hanging]] [[Category:Sri Lankan people]] [[Category:1962 deaths]]