Bernard Aluwihare

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Hon.
Bernard Aluwihare
Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs
In office
23 March 1960 – 21 July 1960
Prime MinisterDudley Senanayake
Preceded byWijeyananda Dahanayake
Succeeded byBadi-ud-din Mahmud
Member of Parliament
for Matale
In office
1960–1960
Preceded byNimal Karunatilake
Succeeded byAlick Aluwihare
In office
1952–1956
Preceded byV. T. Nanayakkara
Succeeded byNimal Karunatilake
Personal details
Born6 April 1902
Matale, Aluvihare, Central Province, British Ceylon
Died22 January 1961(1961-01-22) (aged 58)
England
Political partyUnited National Party
Other political
affiliations		Sri Lanka Freedom Party (before 1956)
SpouseFlorence Kaushalya Ram
ChildrenAjuna Aluwihare, Anula Aluwihare
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Ceylon Law College
OccupationProctor

Uda Walawwe Bernard Herbert Aluwihare also known as Bernard Aluwihare (6 April 1902 - 22 January 1961) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician who served in both the State Council of Ceylon and Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was a Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament from Matale. He became the Minister for Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs in Second Dudley Senanayake cabinet in 1960.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and education[edit]

Born to a Kandyan radala family, son of T. B. Aluwihare and Panebokke Tikiri Kumarihamy, daughter of Panabokke Dissawe. His mother died two days after his birth. His elder brothers were Richard Aluwihare and William Aluwihare. Educated at Trinity College, Kandy and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, he studied law at the Ceylon Law College and qualified as a Proctor and there after went to Jesus College, Oxford for further studies in law. He established his legal practice in the unofficial bar of Kandy, William Gopallawa was one of his juniors. He married Dr Florence Ram who he met in England, she was the daughter of Dr L. Ram from India. The family had a close friendship with the Nehru–Gandhi family. [6]

Political career[edit]

He was first elected State Council of Ceylon from Matale in 1936, he had been wounded in the head when he was shot at by a supporter of his opponent. He briefly served in the war cabinet. He contested the 1st parliamentary election in 1947 from the Matale electorate as an independent but lost to V. T. Nanayakkara. He joined S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike in the formation of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, but left soon after its formation to contest 1952 general election as an independent and won defeating V. T. Nanayakkara who had contested from the United National Party. Joining the United National Party, contested the 1956 general election from Matale from the United National Party but was defeated by Nimal Karunatilake the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate. He won back his seat in the March 1960 general election and was appointed Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs by Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake in the short lived government that fell three months later. Aluwihare retained his seat in the July 1960 general election while the Sri Lanka Freedom Party won the election and established a government. He was diagnosed with cancer soon after and died on 22 January 1961, while in England for medical treatment. His nephew Alick Aluwihare succeeded his seat in parliament.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ALUWIHARE - Family #3047". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. ^ ""Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20"" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  5. ^ "The Hon. Ministers who held the portfolio of Cultural Affairs". Ministry of Culture and Arts Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  6. ^ a b "A Son's wonderful tribute to Parents". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

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