Talk:J. R. Jayewardene

The Ancestors of JR Jayawardene
On February 14, 1815, a British division entered Kandy and took possession of the city and Ehelepola as sent to capture the king who had by then fled the city for safety. His hiding place was soon discovered at a place closer to Meda Mahanuwara in Kandy.

The party consisted of John D'Oyly, Capt. Hardy, Major Lionel C. Hooke, Ehelepola Nilame, Pilimatalawe Dissawa, Don Andryas Wijesinha Jayawardena Tamby Mudaly, Mudaliyar Dias Abeysingha, Ekneligoda Nilame, the Mohottalas Kawdumune, Kurandumune, Torawature, Delwala, Mahawalatenna and others.

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 * The previous version was too long, contained information that was not relevant to a (short) biographical article on JR Jayewardene and was not NPOV. Have made deletions and changes to try and clean it up -- 206.165.217.125 11:20, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

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 * This is not entirely true, read below, the Tamil militancy took off in 1983 after the elections of 1982. So Mrs. B's civic rights being stripped off had nothing to do with the separatists who were only a minor irritant at that time. Also, Mrs. B. was never a presidential nominee, her civic rights were stripped way before the presidential nominations.

To which I respond: the article never said this was about the Tamil militants, it was about Jayewardene strong-arming the 1982 election against a Sinhalese rival.

I did change "presidential nominee" to "likely presidential nominee".

The user also said about Black July:


 * have these claims ever been verified?

To which I respond: Yes. I added a reference. Tyronen 16:14, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

The Ancestors of JR Jayawardene are Tamil blood
Descended from a family of the Colombo Tamil Chetty Community who trace their origins to the Coromondel Coast South India during Dutch rule (mid 17th cent.). The Colombo Chetty community from Nagapatnam, India is well documented from 1663 during the reign of King Rajasingha 11 of Kandy. Several generations before the birth of Don Adrian, a male member of his ancestors had married a Sinhalese lady by the name of Jayawardena and JR Jayawardene is a descent of them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.77.144.118 (talk) 18:25, 21 July 2012 (UTC)

Relations to Japan
He played a major role in re-admitting Japan to the world community at the San Francisco Conference. Are there more informations? It is also mentioned in the Japanese Wiki, but I lack of specific language skills.--87.187.62.143 (talk) 21:36, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Treason
Was Jayewardene ever charged in connection with his having "contacted the Japanese and discussed a rebellion to drive the British from the island"?101.98.138.52 (talk) 18:55, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

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