July 21, 1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Becomes World's First Woman PM | Firstpost Rewind

July 21, 1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Becomes World's First Woman PM | Firstpost Rewind
On July 21, 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike was elected as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. She also became the world's first woman prime minister. She left office in 1965 but returned to serve two more terms, 1970-1977 and 1994-2000 as the Lankan Prime Minister.
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[@VimalPerera-hd8fr]

Yes🇱🇰 Correct I was a student

[@devabharath9612]

Wow Greatly appreciated nice info

[@ziaulhasan4786]

❤

[@onikamaddumage7507]

My school ❤

[@dilharisaubagya]

😊❤

[@varulful]

First female Prime minister from SL

[@Aditya-f8t5z]

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Sooo nice of Firstpost to report on this

[@chamindaprasanna7068]

Prime minister of Ceylon , that time. Nationalisation killed the ceylons' export orient economy. MNCs headquartered in ceylon moved to Singapore. She came to power on emotional votes being a widow. Not on merit.

[@Balharbor28]

If I am not mistaken, she was born in Trinidad and Tobago in he village of Belmont

[@tcr8411]

she was born in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka (then British Ceylon)

[@BogalaSawundiris]

Stop spreading misinformation M0R0N

[@CheminiPathirana-ye7yr]

No you are wrong

[@mrlyrics3941]

lol she was born in Balangoda, her home.

[@lionelproctor82]

What are you smoking, dude? 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@lionelproctor82]

According to my mother who grew up there, she also ruined the economy of Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 with her socialist policies. There were severe food shortages and rationing thanks to her.

[@reezmareezma3562]

If her plans were implemented today SL's economy would be in a untouchable height !! But in those days people were unaware of economical growth and the power of own manufacture ; people only wanted instant results in everything

[@lionelproctor82]

@@reezmareezma3562 Her vision for self sufficiency wasn't wrong but stopping all imports without proper planning was the problem.

[@reezmareezma3562]

@@lionelproctor82 yes but the ppl started to protest from the beginning instead of changing her the plans should be altered

[@reezmareezma3562]

@@lionelproctor82 and a thing to notice in she didn't ruin the economy !!! But the food shortages is real

[@thanujaperera431]

Can understand how intelligent is you and your mother

[@LkRaja-hn9ko]

Enimi to thamil elam

[@CDG476]

Koooolamm😂😂😂

[@sachindusilva3223]

Thamil elam is pretending to be political.. but its only terrorism..

[@YeploGuyina]

Actually she was loved in Jaffna. She said the Jaffna farmer was an example to the whole world. Her husband imposed the sinhala only act to appease sinhala extremism. The Bandaranaike family has said they don't know how to handle sinhala extremism because it was endemic to Sri Lanka and the whole world wouldn't believe that Buddhism was violent.

[@sooraj949]

And she died a violent death 😢

[@tcr8411]

She died of a heart attack aged 84. I think you're mistaken

[@Balharbor28]

Yes, I may have been mistaken, but thought I heard a cricketer from Trinidad saying that he had met her in Sri Lanka and she told him she was from Trinidad. May be she meant she also lived in the village of Belmont in Port of Spain, Trinidad. I am so proud to know she was the first woman prime minister or head of state in any country of the world.

[@tcr8411]

Been to, perhaps, but to my knowledge she didn't lived in Trinidad. I think it's some confusion. She came from a very prominent family and married into one as well. So her life was quite public and if she did, it would have been common knowledge.

[@Balharbor28]

@@tcr8411thanks for the correction, and sorry to hear she had a horrible death. Aum sai ram

[@BogalaSawundiris]

@@Balharbor28 she did not have a horrible death, she died at 84 of a heart attack , but she died surrounded by her children