Robert Gunawardena
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The Honourable Robert Gunawardena MP |
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| Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Kotte |
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In office 1947–1960 |
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| Succeeded by | Stanley Tillekeratne |
| Member of the Ceylon Parliament for Kottawa |
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In office March 1960 – December 1964 |
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| Succeeded by | Mahabalage Don Henry Jayawardena |
| Sri Lankan Ambassador to China | |
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In office 1965 – 1970 |
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| Preceded by | Stephen Frederick de Silva |
| Succeeded by | Yogendra Duraiswamy |
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Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena 12 March 1904 Kosgama, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 26 December 1971 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Sri Lanka |
| Spouse(s) | Rupa |
| Mother | Dona Liyanora née Gunasekera |
| Father | Don Jacolis Rupasinghe Gunawardena |
| Relatives | Philip (brother), Caroline (sister) |
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Robert Gunawardena, born Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena (12 March 1904 - 26 December 1971) was a Sri Lankan politician and diplomat.
Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena, popularly known as Robert was born on 12 March 1904, to an affluent family in Kosgama, Sri Lanka. The fourth of seven children of Don Jacolis Rupasinghe Gunawardena, known as Boralugoda Ralahamy, and Dona Liyanora née Gunasekera, he was the younger brother of Harry and Philip. He attended the government school in Hanwella for his primary education and went on to the Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa however following his father's false arrest for allegedly being an agitator in the 1915 Ceylonese riots the family decided to withdraw the brothers from the school and enroll them at Ananda College, Colombo.
In the late 1920s Harry, Robert and their younger sister Caroline became active in nationalist youth groups which were demanding democratic reforms with the ultimate goal of complete independence.
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