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Political matriarch of Sri Lanka dies
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Political matriarch of Sri Lanka dies
Bandaranaike was first female prime minister
By DILIP GANGULY
Associated Press
Wednesday, October 11, 2000
Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world's first
female prime minister and the matriarch of Sri Lankan politics, died
Tuesday of a heart attack only minutes after voting in the country's
parliamentary elections. She was 84.
Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans lighted oil lamps, prayed in
Buddhist te...
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