Sooriyakumara Wannisinghe Punchi Banda Bulankulame, OBE, JP (known as P. B. Bulankulame or Tikiri Bandara Bulankulama Dissawa) (12 December 1890 - 17 December 1958) was a Ceylonese politician, who was the former Cabinet Minister of Lands and Land Development in Dudley Senanayake's and John Kotelawala's government.[1]
P. B. Bulankulame Dissawa | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Anuradhapura | |
| In office 1947–1956 | |
| Preceded by | seat created |
| Succeeded by | Sirimewan Godage |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sooriyakumara Wannisinghe Punchi Banda Bulankulame 12 December 1890 Anuradhapura |
| Died | 17 December 1958 (aged 68) Ceylon |
| Nationality | Ceylonese |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Alma mater | Royal College, Colombo |
| Occupation | Politics |
| Profession | Proctor |
Education and legal career
editEducated at the Royal College Colombo where he played in the Royal-Thomian. He then studied law at the Ceylon Law College becoming a Proctor. Having established his legal practice in his home town of Anuradhapura, he was later appointed a Justice of Peace.
Political career
editBulankulame was elected to the 2nd State Council of Ceylon on 21 April 1944, following the death of the sitting member, H. R. Freeman.[2] In 1947 he was elected in the 1947 general election from Anuradhapura to first Parliament of Ceylon.[3] In the first government since independence, he was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and Lands. He was re-elected in the 1952 general election and was appointed Cabinet Minister Lands and Land Development in the cabinet of Sir John Kotelawala, serving till 1956.[4][5] He lost his seat in the 1956 general election to Sirimewan Godage.[6]
Honors
editHe was awarded the title of Dissawa of Anuradhapura by the British Governor of Ceylon. He was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1949 New Year Honours and later made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in the 1951 Birthday Honours.[7][8] The Bulankulama Disawa Mawatha in Anuradhapura is named after him.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sri Lanka: The Untold Story
- ^ The battle of the Gulliver and the Lilliputian
- ^ "RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - 1947" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - 1952" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ Rajasingham, K.T. (10 November 2001). "SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 3 January 2002.
- ^ "RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION - 1956" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Department of Elections. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ First cabinet had only 14 ministers
- ^ Late Deshamanya E. L. B. Hurulle