Priceless photos Ceylon Archives 2
On Sunday, 23
August 2015, 19:44, NANDA AMARASEKERA
From: senani williams
Sent: Saturday, 22 August 2015 22:12 
Prime Minister, SWRD Bandaranaike is
shown the emergency supplies that are to be delivered to flood victims in
Ceylon on 11 January 1958 by Captain Raymond N. Sharp, Commander Carrier
Division 15, on board USS Princeton
 A LIFE magazine image of former Prime Minister Sirimavo R D Bandaranaike."There will be need for a new word. Presumably, we shall have to call her a Stateswoman. This is the suffragette's dream come true," wrote London's Evening News.  Former Prime Minister Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike at an International Conference  Former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike addressing police officers at the opening of the Crime Detective Bureau, Colombo. Seated behind her is R. Sunderalingam.  Vivien Leigh & Dana Andrews on location at 'Kiri Vehera', Polonnaruwa, Ceylon - shooting the movie 'Elephant Walk' sometime in January, 1953.  Elizabeth Taylor & Dana Andrews with what looks like 'Kiri Vehera', Polonnaruwa, Ceylon in the background - shooting the movie 'Elephant Walk' sometime in January, 1953.  Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe at that time the Minister of Youth Affairs and Employment in conversation with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.  First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's Tea for Wives of New Ambassadors including Seelawathie Rambukwella Gopallawa (wife of Ambassador William Gopallawa of Ceylon)  Dr. Jayantha Dhanapala in 1957 (at the age of 19) as a winner of the Herald Tribune Essay Competition, titled "The World We Want" who travelled to the US where he met then Senator John F. Kennedy  President John F. Kennedy Meets with Members of the Parliament of Ceylon on 14 June 1961. President Kennedy sits in a rocking chair and the President's Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Walt W. Rostow stands fourth from the left (behind two men). Also included in the President’s schedule: Leader of the Ceylonese House of Representatives, Charles Percival de Silva |
This blog is about the entrants in the year 1960, to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ceylon, Colombo. The email address for communications is, 1960batch@gmail.com. Please BOOKMARK this page for easier access later.Photo is the entrance porch of the old General Hospital, Colombo, still in existence. Please use the search box below to look for your requirement.
Sunday, August 23, 2015
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