Colvin R. de Silva
Politician
1907 – 1987
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Who was Colvin R. de Silva?
Colvin Reginald de Silva was a former Cabinet Minister of Plantation Industries and Constitutional Affairs, prominent member of parliament, Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. He was one of the founders of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party – the first Marxist party in Sri Lanka.
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- Born
- 1907
Sri Lanka - Also known as
- Colvin de Silva
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Nationality
- Sri Lanka
- Profession
- Education
- University of London
- St. John's College Panadura
- University of Ceylon
- Died
- 1987
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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