Gandhi was the second female head of government in the world after Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka, and she remains as the world's second longest serving female Prime Minister as of 2012.

Meir was Israel's first woman prime minister, and the third in the world ( after Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Indira Gandhi ).

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was elected prime minister in 1956.

Bandaranaike was assassinated by an extremist Buddhist monk in 1959.

SLFP was founded by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, who was the Cabinet minister of Local Administration, before he left the UNP in July 1951.

On June 9, 2009, Rae was denied entry by Sri Lankan Immigration officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka on grounds that he was " a threat to national security and sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers rebel group ".

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga (, ) born June 29, 1945 ) was the 5th President of Sri Lanka, serving from November 12, 1994 to November 19, 2005.

Hailing from one of the most prestigious aristocratic families that has a long history in the socio-political arena of the country, her father, S. W. R. D Bandaranaike was a government minister at the time of her birth and later became Prime Minister.

Chandrika's mother, Sirimavo Bandaranaike, then became the world's first female prime minister in 1960 and her brother Anura Bandaranaike was a former Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former minister.

He was found to be involved in the assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali by a presidential commission appointed by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.

Bandaranaike was able to take advantage and lead the SLFP to victory in the 1956 elections.

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike ( Sinhala: ස ි ර ි ම ා ව ෝ රත ් වත ් ත ේ ඩයස ් බණ ් ඩ ා රන ා යක ) ( Tamil: ச ி ற ி ம ா வ ோ ரத ் வத ் த டயஸ ் பண ் ட ா ரந ா யக ் க );( April 17, 1916October 10, 2000 ) was a Sri Lankan politician and the modern world's first female head of government.

Bandaranaike was the widow of a previous Sri Lankan prime minister, Solomon Bandaranaike and the mother of Sri Lanka's fourth Executive President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, as well as Anura Bandaranaike, former speaker and cabinet minister.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike was born on April 17, 1916, as Sirimavo Ratwatte to a prominent Radala family, who were descended from Ratwatte Dissawa, Dissawa of Matale, a signatory on behalf of the Sinhalese to the Kandyan Convention of 1815.

Bandaranaike was a socialist who continued her husband's policies of nationalizing key sectors of the economy, such as banking and insurance, and also nationalizing all schools then owned by the Roman Catholic Church in 1961.

Bandaranaike was on a roller-coaster ride from the moment she took office.

Bandaranaike had disbanded the government's intelligence service, suspecting that it was loyal to the opposition United National Party ( UNP ).

Bandaranaike held her own seat in 1977, but in 1980, she was charged with abuse of power for the 1975-77 delay in elections.

Bandaranaike was educated at the prestigious St Thomas ' College, Mt.

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* May 3 – A bomb believed to have been planted by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam detonates aboard Air Lanka Flight 512, the Lockheed L-1011-385 TriStar City of Colombo, while it is on the ground at Bandaranaike International Airport in Katunayake, Sri Lanka, with 148 people on board.

Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayake

First Sir Arthur C Clarke Memorial Oration, talk delivered at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall, Arthur C Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies ( ACCIMT ), Colombo, 19 March 2009, Published by Publications and Public Relations Unit, ISRO HQ, 2009

Bandaranaike, but at the same time distributed posters and pamphlets promising violent rebellion if Bandaranaike did not address the interests of the proletariat.

Indian frigates patrolled the coast and Indian troops guarded Bandaranaike International Airport at Katunayaka, while Indian Air Force helicopters assisted the counteroffensive.

The Sinhala Maha Sabha ( Sinhala: ස ිං හල මහ ා සභ ා) was a political party in Sri Lanka ( Ceylon at the time ) founded by Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike in 1934-35, in order to promote Sinhalese culture and community interests.

* Assassination of Bandaranaike ( SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY at Asia Times OnLine )

After completion, it would be one of two international airports in Sri Lanka, after the Bandaranaike International Airport situated at Colombo.

Bandaranaike International Airport, the country ’ s only international airport, is located in Katunayaka, 35 km ( 22 mi ) north of Colombo.

* The IATA airport code for Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo – Sri Lanka's only international airport

Bandaranaike was born in Colombo, Ceylon to an elite Sinhalese Anglican Christian family and was the son of the powerful Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranike the Maha Mudaliyar ( the chief native interpreter and advisor to the Governor ) of Horagolla Walauwa in Atthanagalla, during British colonial rule.

His saffron robes gave him free access to ' Tintagel ', the private residence of Bandaranaike, in Rosmead Place, Colombo.

In his message to the nation from his bed in the Merchant's Ward of the General Hospital in Colombo, Bandaranaike referred to his unknown assassin " as a foolish man dressed in the robes of a monk ", but requested that the authorities " show compassion to this man and not try to wreak vengeance on him.

** Colombo – Bandaranaike International Airport

** Colombo – Bandaranaike International Airport

* 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.

Bandaranaike, a Buddhist nationalist leader known for his cente-left views.

People who have been described as Buddhist socialists include Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Han Yong-un, U Nu and Norodom Sihanouk.

Bandaranaike ; January 8, 1899 – September 26, 1959 ) was the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon ( later Sri Lanka ), serving from 1956 until his assassination by a Buddhist monk in 1959.

His book Bhikshuvakage Urumaya ( Heritage of the Bhikkhu ) was a strong voice in the Buddhist Nationalist movement that led to the 1956 electoral victory of Solomon Bandaranaike.

When the monk's presence was announced to him, Bandaranaike rose to greet him in the traditional Buddhist manner.

" Journalists in Ceylon, however, suggested a different motive: to kill a fellow Buddhist was a sin, which he had committed by killing Bandaranaike, but by converting he would spare the gaolers and hangmen from committing the same sin.