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Obituary: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
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SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE became the world's first elected woman prime
minister on 21 July 1960, of what was then Ceylon and in 1972 became
Sri Lanka. In a political career spanning four decades, she dealt
with a left- wing insurgency in the south of the country, a military
coup and a Tamil separatist uprising in the north and east that still
rages today.
Bandaranaike was a reluctant convert to politics. Her husband,
Solomon, was prime minister before her, but was assassinated by a
Buddhi...
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