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'''N. H. Keerthiratne''' was a distinguished Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet Minister. He ran against Dudley Senanayake in |
'''N. H. Keerthiratne''' was a distinguished Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet Minister. He ran against Dudley Senanayake in the 1936 election. |
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==Beginnings== |
==Beginnings== |
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Revision as of 08:26, 18 June 2013
N. H. Keerthiratne | |
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| former Cabinet Minister of Telecommunications | |
| Member of Parliament for Rambukkana | |
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| Born | Kegalle, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 1992 Rambukkana, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality |  Sri Lanka |
| Political party | United National Party |
| Alma mater | St. Anthony's College, Kandy |
| Occupation | Politics |
N. H. Keerthiratne was a distinguished Sri Lankan politician and Cabinet Minister. He ran against Dudley Senanayake in the 1936 election.
Beginnings
N. H. Keerthiratne family is from the Rambukkana – Kadugannawa area, where they became affluent by developing their own plantations at the beginning of the 20th century. He was educated at St. Anthony's College, Kandy.
Political Career
Keerthiratne and his younger brother Asoka Karunaratne were known for their unique manner of breaking down barriers—by embracing a cooperative way of enriching relationships between individuals and groups. In the words of N.H. Keerthiratne who gave an interview in March 1978 [1], "These people were not given any responsible position in the country. Their job was planting. For that there is no objection. So we started planting, coconuts, any other things, vegetables, we began planting and making money.... Even those caste minded people wanted money, so they had to come to these people who were making money."
References
Abeynaike, H.B.W (ed). (1965) Parliament of Ceylon, Lake House, Colombo: Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd.
Jiggins, J. (1979) Caste and Family Politics Sinhalese 1947-1976, Cambridge University Press.
Meyer, Eric (1978) Interview of N.H. Keerthiratne. March 1978, Rambukkana.