“Sinhale Sinhalaya” Launches
Hon. Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development, participated as the chief guest at launching ceremony of the Biography of late R.G. Senanayake “Sinhale Sinhalaya” on 10th September 2011.
The eldest son of patriot and philanthropist F.R. Senanayake, the cousin of Dudley Senanayake and Sir John Kotelawela, Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake served the nation as a Member of Parliament, a Parliamentary Secretary and a Cabinet Minister for little over quarter of a century.
In the general election held in 1947, he successfully contested the Dambadeniya constituency and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary (now Deputy Minister) to the Ministry of Defense and External Affairs with D.S. Senanayake as the relevant Minister as well as the Prime Minister.
When Dudley Senanayake took over the office of the Prime Minister in 1952, R.G. Senanayake was accorded the Ministry of Trade and Commerce. The China – Ceylon – rice – rubber pact was his greatest achievement in his tenure as the Minister of Trade and Commerce.
At the general election held in 1956, he contested successfully as an independent candidate for the two constituencies Kelaniya and Dambadeniya and joined the Bandaranayake Government as its Minister of Trade and Commerce.
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