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Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (1904-1971)

Hon. Robert Gunawardena රොබට් ගුණවර්ධන Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Kotte In office 1947–1960 Succeeded by Stanley Tillekeratne Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Kottawa In office March 1960 – December 1964 Succeeded by Mahabalage Don Henry Jayawardena Sri Lankan Ambassador to China In office 1965–1970 Preceded by Stephen Frederick de Silva Succeeded by Yogendra Duraiswamy Personal details Born Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena (1904-03-12)12 March 1904 Kosgama, British Ceylon Died 26 December 1971(1971-12-26) (aged 67) Kosgama, Sri Lanka Spouse Seelakalyana Rupa née Kottegoda (1923-2025) Children 4 Parents Don Jacolis Rupasinghe Gunawardena (father) Dona Liyanora née Gunasekera (mother) Relatives Philip (brother), Caroline (sister) Education Government School, Hanwella Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa Ananda College, Colombo Agricultural School, Peradeniya

**Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena** (12 March 1904 - 26 December 1971: [Sinhala](/source/Sinhala_language): රොබට් ගුණවර්ධන), popularly as **Robert Gunawardena**, was a [Sri Lankan](/source/Sri_Lanka) [Marxist](/source/Marxist) politician and diplomat. He was one of the founders of the [Lanka Sama Samaja Party](/source/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party), which was the first political party in [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), and served as the long time [MP](/source/Member_of_parliament) for [Kotte](/source/Kotte_Electoral_District). He was the leader of the [Suriya-Mal Movement](/source/Suriya-Mal_Movement) and served as ambassador to [China](/source/China) between 1965 and 1970.

## Early life and education

Robert was born on 12 March 1904,[1] to an affluent family in Kosgama, Sri Lanka. The fourth of seven children of Don Jacolis Rupasinghe Gunawardena, known as Boralugoda Ralahamy, and Dona Liyanora née Gunasekera, he was the younger brother of Harry and [Philip](/source/Philip_Gunawardena). He attended the government school in [Hanwella](/source/Hanwella) for his primary education and went on to the [Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa](/source/Prince_of_Wales'_College%2C_Moratuwa) however following his father's false arrest for allegedly being an agitator in the [1915 Ceylonese riots](/source/1915_Ceylonese_riots) the family decided to withdraw the brothers from the school and enroll them at [Ananda College](/source/Ananda_College), Colombo.[2][3] In addition to education, he played cricket, volleyball, and was a member of the Cadet Corps from 1922 to 1923.

In the late 1920s Harry, Robert and their younger sister [Caroline](/source/Caroline_Anthonypillai) became active in nationalist youth groups which were demanding democratic reforms with the ultimate goal of complete independence.[2]

Robert was married to Seelakalyana Rupa Kottegoda who was born in Kothhena, Kottegoda, Badulla. She was studied in Tebuwana School, Panadura Sri Sumangala Balika Vidyalaya, St. Bridget's Convent, Colombo and Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo. Their parents opposed the marriage particularly Rupa's mother's only younger brother, Dr. M. V. P. Peiris who later became the Minister of Health. However, Robert and Rupa were married on 7 March 1947, when Rupa was 23 years old and Robert was 43 years old. The couple had two daughters: Sriyani, Yasomi; and two sons: Vijith and Rohith. Rupa contested the Kolonnawa electorate from the Lanka Sama Samaja Party in the 1960 general election.[4]

On the morning of 27 December 1971, Robert inspected a banana plantation in the morning and came home at around 11:00 am saying that he was ill. Rupa arranged for him to be hospitalised, but he was reluctant to go to the hospital and died at home.[4]

## Political career

In 1931 he campaigned for the [Universal suffrage](/source/Universal_suffrage) and formed *The Cosmopolitan Crew* of Lauries Road, Bambalapkiya Association. In 1935 he was an activist in Colombo Youth League and one of the founders of the [Lanka Sama Samaja Party](/source/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party).[5][6] Then in 1938, he slipped out from [British Ceylon](/source/British_Ceylon) to the [British Raj](/source/British_Raj) and was delegate to Indian National Congress in [Haripura](/source/Haripura). In 1942, Robert was arrested in British India and brought to Ceylon where he was jailed from 1942 to 1945.[4]

After released from jail, he led the [1953 Ceylonese Hartal](/source/1953_Ceylonese_Hartal) in 1953. The government issued a warrant for Robert's arrest and ordered DIG Sidney Zoysa to kill him or bring him to Army Headquarters. Robert hid with his faithful friend Danny Hettiarachchi. At the same time, Zoysa surrounded Robert's garden on false rumors that 500 guns were hidden.[4] Later in 1947, Robert was elected as the Member of Parliament for the [Kotte Electoral District](/source/Kotte_Electoral_District)[7] and remained its elected member until 1960.[8][9] However he left the [Lanka Sama Samaja Party](/source/Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party), joined the [Mahajana Eksath Peramuna](/source/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna) and was elected representing the [Kottawa Electoral District](/source/Kottawa_Electoral_District) in 1960[10][11] and remained its elected member until 1964. In 1964 he left the [Mahajana Eksath Peramuna](/source/Mahajana_Eksath_Peramuna) and became the leader of the Suiyamal Movement.

Robert lost the first general election in 1965, and then received a message from Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake to be an ambassador.[4] In 1965 he was elected as a member of the [Colombo Municipal Council](/source/Colombo_Municipal_Council). From 1965 to 1970, Robert was ambassador in [Beijing](/source/Beijing).[12]

## See also

- [List of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats](/source/List_of_Sri_Lankan_non-career_diplomats)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Hon. Gunawardena, Don Benjamin Rupasinghe (Robert), M.P."](http://www.parliament.lk/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/2288) [Parliament of Sri Lanka](/source/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka). Retrieved 20 March 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Island_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Island_2-1) Ervin, Charles Wesley (28 September 2008). ["Pioneer Sri Lankan Socialist Celebrates Her 100th Birthday - Caroline Anthony Pillai – The Lioness of Boralugoda"](http://www.island.lk/2008/09/28/features3.html). *[The Island](/source/The_Island_(Sri_Lanka))*. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Azwer, A. H. M. (31 May 2009). ["Freedom fighter and national hero"](http://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2009/05/31/fea01.asp). *[Sunday Observer](/source/Sunday_Observer)*. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Robert_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Robert_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Robert_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Robert_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Robert_4-4) ["The revolutionary respected by Dudley: Robert Gunawardena"](http://www.silumina.lk/2020/11/21/තරංග/ජේ-ආර්-%E2%81%A3නොරිස්සූ-ඩඩ්ලිට-ගරු-කළ-විප්ලවවාදියා). *Silumina*. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Official_5-0)** Leslie Goonewardene["A Short History of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party"](https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/goonewardene/1960/lssp.htm). Marxists Internet Archive(MIA).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ervin_6-0)** Charles Wesley Ervin, *Tomorrow is Ours:the Trotskyist Movement in India and Ceylon, 1935-48*, Colombo: Social Scientists Association, 2006

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947"](http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1947.pdf) (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952"](http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1952.pdf) (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956"](http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1956.pdf) (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960"](http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1960-03-19.pdf) (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960"](http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-general-election-1960-07-20.pdf) (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Personalities, Sri Lanka: A Biographical Study (15th-20th Century), 1490-1990 A.D., A-Z, Ceylon Business Appliances Limited, 1994 - 149 p. [p. 60](https://books.google.com/books?id=dm9mAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Father:+Don+Jaeofs+Rupasinghe+Gunawardena%3B+Mother:+Leonara%3B+educated+Govt.+School,+Hanwella,+(1910-1912)%3B%22)[\[1\]](https://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/g/u.htm)

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v t e ← Members of the 3rd Parliament of Ceylon (1956 (1956)–1959) → Speaker: Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail Prime Minister: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike/Wijeyananda Dahanayake Leader of the Opposition: N. M. Perera Central Province (15) M. D. Banda M. A. D. Dissanayake K. Hemachandra T. B. Ilangaratne Robert Edward Jayatilaka S. Jinadasa L. S. Jinasena Nimal Karunatilake C. A. S. Marikkar M. B. W. Mediwake R. S. Pelpola Piyasena Tennakoon T. B. Tennekoon Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera Eastern Province (7) S. U. Ethirmanasingham M. S. Kariapper Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. M. Mustapha C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam Northern Province (9) V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam S. J. V. Chelvanayakam P. Kandiah V. A. Kandiah V. N. Navaratnam G. G. Ponnambalam C. Suntharalingam C. Vanniasingam North Central Province (5) C. P. de Silva M. S. Dissanayake Sirimevan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle Maithripala Senanayake North Western Province (10) M. A. Adikari Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail John Kotelawala D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinha Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon Sabaragamuwa Province (10) C. R. Beligammana Kusumasiri Gunawardena Maithripala Herath D. F. Hettiarachchi M. P. Jothipala P. B. G. Kalugalla V. T. G. Karunaratne Jayaweera Kuruppu N. M. Perera Edmund Samarakkody Southern Province (12) Henry Abeywickrema Wijeyananda Dahanayake William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala D. S. Goonesekera Panini Ilangakoon D. A. Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa S. W. D. Ratnayake Mahanama Samaraweera S. A. Wickramasinghe Uva Province (7) W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. D. Goonaratne Y. G. Jayasinghe J. C. T. Kotelawala S. A. Peeris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne W. G. M. Albert Silva Western Province (20) S. D. Bandaranayake S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Colvin R. de Silva Stanley de Zoysa Razik Fareed Hector Fernando Meryl Fernando Leslie Goonewardene Vivienne Goonewardene Cholomondeley Goonewardene Robert Gunawardena Philip Gunawardena Pieter Keuneman Anil Moonesinghe Sagara Palansuriya Dayasena Pasqual Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Bernard Soysa M. S. Themis Vimala Wijewardene Appointed (6) M. P. Drahaman R. P. Gaddum (O. B. Forbes) Rosslyn Koch J. R. Murray R. S. V. Poulier R. Singleton-Salmon

v t e ← Members of the 4th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)) → Speaker: Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Prime Minister: Dudley Senanayake Leader of the Opposition: C. P. de Silva Central Province (23) S. S. Abeysundara Bernard Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda R. R. D. Bandaranayake T. William Fernando A. C. S. Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne T. B. Jayasundera D. H. Jayawickrema U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa C. A. S. Marikkar Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Donald J. Ranaweera E. L. Senanayake R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon Aloysius Weerakoon J. D. Weerasekera Noel Wimalasena Eastern Province (11) T. Ahambaram M. S. Kariapper M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar M. E. H. Mohamed Ali C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Rasamanickam Wijayabahu Wijayasinha Northern Province (13) V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam North Central Province (8) A. H. de Silva C. P. de Silva Sirimevan Godage E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon North Western Province (16) M. A. Adikari E. M. R. B. Ekanayake Hugh Fernando I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle L. B. Jayasena M. H. M. Naina Marikar D. B. Monnekulame W. J. C. Munasinha Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Tikiri Banda Subasinghe Mudiyanse Tennakoon R. B. Tennekoon Sabaragamuwa Province (17) M. L. M. Aboosally P. B. Bandaranayake D. F. Hettiarachchi P. B. G. Kalugalla Wimala Kannangara Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena A. E. B. Kiriella Cyril Mathew N. M. Perera Abeyratne Pilapitiya Clifford Ratwatte Dudley Senanayake H. G. Somabandu H. Weragama Soma Wickremanayake Southern Province (19) W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena Matarage Sirisena Amarasiri D. P. Atapattu Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva William de Silva M. P. de Zoysa C. A. Dharmapala Prins Gunasekera Montague Jayawickrama P. L. Jinadasa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapakse R. G. Samaranayake Senapala Samarasekera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe Justin Wijayawardhene Uva Province (10) W. P. G. Ariyadasa K. Y. M Wijeratne Banda B. H. Bandara J. G. Gunasekera R. M. Gunasekera S. A. Peeris K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva Western Province (35) Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake Somaweera Chandrasiri M. Ruskin Fernando T. Quintin Fernando Bibile Fonseka Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena Percy Jayakodi A. E. Jayasinghe D. Shelton Jayasinghe S. de Silva Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel D. C. W. Kannangara Pieter Keuneman R. B. Lenora Abdul Bakeer Markar Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe A. J. Niyathapala James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Pasqual K. E. Perera Paris Perera Ranasinghe Premadasa Edmund Samarawickrema M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Appointed (6) Veloo Annamalay Vernon Jonklaas Mohamed Izadeen Mohamed Robert Singleton-Salmon Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Amaradasa Ratnapala

v t e ← Members of the 5th Parliament of Ceylon (1960 (1960)–1964) → Speaker: R. S. Pelpola/Hugh Fernando Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Leader of the Opposition: Dudley Senanayake Central Province (23) Bernard Aluwihare Alick Aluwihare K. M. K. Banda M. D. Banda L. B. Dassanayake T. William Fernando A. C. S. Hameed T. B. M. Herath T. B. Ilangaratne K. Abdul Jabbar T. B. Jayasundera U. P. Y. Jinadasa Tissa Kapukotuwa Chandrasena Munaweera R. S. Pelpola Shelton Ranaraja Abeyratne Ratnayaka E. L. Senanayake D. G. Sirisena R. W. Tennekoon T. B. Tennekoon J. D. Weerasekera U. B. Weerasekera Edmund Wijesuriya Eastern Province (11) T. Ahambaram M. E. H. Mohamed Ali M. C. Ahamed A. L. Abdul Majeed M. A. Abdul Majeed M. I. M. Abdul Majeed P. Manicavasagam Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar C. Rajadurai N. R. Rajavarothiam S. M. Manickarajah S. M. Rasamanickam Indrasena de Zoysa Northern Province (13) V. A. Alegacone A. Amirthalingam M. Balasundaram S. J. V. Chelvanayakam V. Dharmalingam Alfred Duraiappah V. A. Kandiah V. Navaratnam E. M. V. Naganathan V. N. Navaratnam M. Sivasithamparam T. Sivasithamparam A. Sivasunderam K. Thurairatnam North Central Province (8) C. P. de Silva A. H. de Silva Sirimevan Godage K. B. Ratnayake E. L. B. Hurulle S. B. Lenawa R. B. Ratnamalala Maithripala Senanayake P. M. K. Tennakoon North Western Province (16) M. A. Adikari M. A. J. Wijesinghe Hugh Fernando S. D. R. Jayaratne L. B. Jayasena M. H. M. Naina Marikar D. B. Monnekulame Jaya Pathirana Albert Peries A. U. Romanis Stephen Samarakkody G. W. Samarasinghe A. H. Senanayake Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Mudiyanse Tennakoon Kavisena Herath U. B. Wanninayake Leelananda Weerasinghe D. P. Wickremasinghe Sabaragamuwa Province (17) M. L. M. Aboosally B. A. P. B. Balasuriya L. de S. A. Gunasekera P. C. Imbulana P. B. G. Kalugalla Asoka Karunaratne V. T. G. Karunaratne W. A. Karunasena Cyril Mathew Stanley Molligoda N. M. Perera Clifford Ratwatte P. R. Ratnayake Dudley Senanayake Dhanapala Weerasekera Soma Wickremanayake P. B. Wijesundara Southern Province (19) Albert Kariyawasam Sumanapala Dahanayake Wijeyananda Dahanayake Neal de Alwis Lakshman de Silva M. P. de Zoysa Edwin Tillekeratne H. W. Dissanayake D. S. Goonesekera Montague Jayawickrama Patrick de Silva Kularatne D. A. Rajapaksa George Rajapaksa Lakshman Rajapaksa Don Roy Rajapakse Senapala Samarasekera Mahanama Samaraweera Percy Wickremasinghe S. A. Wickramasinghe P. P. Wickremasuriya Uva Province (10) W. P. G. Ariyadasa B. H. Bandara S. B. Ekanayake D. M. Gunasekera J. G. Gunasekera K. M. P. Rajaratne Kusuma Rajaratne Amarananda Ratnayake C. P. J. Seneviratne W. G. M. Albert Silva Western Province (35) Felix Dias Bandaranaike S. D. Bandaranayake I. A. Cader Somaweera Chandrasiri Colvin R. de Silva W. Danister de Silva Vivienne Goonewardene Razik Fareed T. Quintin Fernando Meryl Fernando Cholomondeley Goonewardene Leslie Goonewardene Philip Gunawardena Robert Gunawardena Lakshman Jayakody D. Shelton Jayasinghe Gamini Jayasuriya J. R. Jayewardene M. C. M. Kaleel Pieter Keuneman Wijayapala Mendis Anil Moonesinghe James Peter Obeyesekere III Dayasena Pasqual K. D. David Perera Paris Perera R. S. Perera Edmund Samarakkody D. S. Samarasinghe M. P. de Z. Siriwardena Bernard Soysa V. A. Sugathadasa S. K. K. Suriarachchi Stanley Tillekeratne Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Wijayabahu Wijayasinha Appointed (6) L. O. Abeyaratne Badi-ud-din Mahmud R. Singleton Salmon Savumiamoorthy Thondaman R. S. V. Poulier M. P. Drahaman Baba Zahiere Lye

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