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Priceless photos Ceylon Archives 2 Inbox x Piyusha Atapattu 11:37 PM (5 hours ago) to 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