page_title: Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
section_title: Funeral
hierarchical_section_title: Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike / Funeral
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Bandaranaike Samadhi at Horagolla, Sri Lanka
context_page_description: S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the forth Prime Minister of Ceylon, was assassinated by the Buddhist priest Talduwe Somarama Thero on September 25, 1959, while meeting the public at his private residence, Tintagel at Rosmead Place in Colombo. Shot in the chest, abdomen and hand, Bandaranaike died the following day at Merchant's Ward of the Colombo General Hospital. He was the first Sri Lankan national leader to be assassinated, which led to his widow Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike becoming the world's first female Prime Minister.
context_section_description: Following the inquiry proceedings Bandaranaike's body was taken to the Parliament building at Galle Face, to lay in state for two days, where thousands came day and night to show respect. On the third day, the remains were moved to Horagolla, where his funeral took place amid a sea of mourners. Like his father Sir Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike interned in a specially built mausoleum known as the Horagolla Bandaranaike Samadhi.
caption: Bandaranaike Samadhi (where S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was entombed) at Horagolla, Sri Lanka
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