Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Sirima Bandaranaike : oral history, 1980.Biographical NotePrime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Scope and ContentsChildhood, schooling; marriage in 1944 to Solomon Dias Bandaranaike; husband's political career: party factions, language problems, labor unrest, Cabinet Minister, Prime Minister 1956-1959, assassination 1959; her subsequent emergence as leader of the party, elections, Prime Minister 1960-1965; leader of Opposition, 1965-1970; Prime Minister with coalition government, 1970-1977; major issues: insurgency, land re-distribution, foreign exchange, press opposition; make up of non-aligned bloc; break in coalition 1975; in opposition from 1977; effect of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries price rises.
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