What is Philip Gunawardena?
'''Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena''' (11 January 1901 – 26 March 1972) was a [[Sri Lanka]]n politician. He introduced [[Trotskyism]] to Sri Lanka. He studied in the [[United States]] and picked up liberal ideas there.<ref name=Ervin>Charles Wesley Ervin, ''Tomorrow is Ours: the Trotskyist Movement in India and Ceylon, 1935-48'', Colombo: Social Scientists Association, 2006</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunawardena, Philip}} [[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:1972 deaths]] [[Category:Indian independence movement]] [[Category:Communists]] [[Category:Sri Lankan politicians]]