Original sentence: Before retiring as a Colonel, the highest rank that a Ceylonese could archive, he was the commanding officer of the Ceylon Light Infantry.By the time Ceylon received independence and dominion status in 1948, Kotelawala a Senator, had become an important member of D.General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, KBE, CH (April 4 1897 - October 2 1980) was a Sri Lankan politician, soldier, most notable for serving as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1953 to 1956.He was knighted and received several other honors from the Ceylonese monarch.He went on to server 23 years mostly as a reservist.Kotelawala's first served with the mounted section of the Colombo Town Guard without enlisting, since he was underage at the time.There after he entered the State Council as backbencher and reeleted in 1936
Edited sentence: Before retiring as a Colonel, the highest rank that a Ceylonese could achieve, he was the commanding officer of the Ceylon Light Infantry.By the time Ceylon received independence and dominion status in 1948, Kotelawala, by then a Senator, had become an important member of D.General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala, KBE, CH (April 4 1897 - October 2 1980) was a Sri Lankan soldier and politician, most notable for serving as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1953 to 1956.He was knighted and received several other honors from the Ceylonese/British monarch.He went on to serve 23 years mostly as a reservist.Kotelawala first served with the mounted section of the Colombo Town Guard without enlisting, since he was underage at the time.There after he entered the State Council as backbencher and reelected in 1936