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- William_de_Silva abstract "Peduru Hewage William de Silva (8 December 1908 – 30 July 1988) was a 20th-century Ceylonese politician with Marxist/Trotskyist leanings.P. H. William de Silva was born at Kahatapitiya in Batapola, Ambalangoda, Ceylon, to a wealthy land-owning family. He received his elementary education at Batapola Mixed School and secondary education at St John's College, Panadura, Richmond College, Galle, and Ananda College, Colombo. He studied for one year at the University College Colombo (now the University of Colombo) and then traveled to England for further studies at University College, Oxford.While in England, William de Silva joined the India League and a Marxist study group with other Ceylonese students in London. He then returned to Ceylon and joined the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). During World War II, he was an anti-war movement leader and was imprisoned in Bogambara Prison and Badulla Prison in Sri Lanka (1943–45). He became a Ceylonese Member of Parliament in 1947 and 1953. He was leader of the All-Ceylon Estate Workers Union and Vice President of the All-Ceylon Congress of Samasamaja Youth Leagues. He separated from the LSSP in October 1953 and joined the Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party (VLLSP). He was the founding leader of Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP). He was Cabinet Minister of Industries and Fisheries in S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike's SLFP-MEP coalition government (1956–59). He became a Member of Parliament in 1960 and was Vice President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). In 1970, he became the Ceylon High Commissioner to Canada.De Silva died aged 80.".
- William_de_Silva alias "Peduru Hewage William de Silva, P. H. William de Silva".
- William_de_Silva almaMater Ananda_College.
- William_de_Silva almaMater Ceylon_University_College.
- William_de_Silva almaMater University_of_Oxford.
- William_de_Silva birthDate "1908-12-08".
- William_de_Silva birthPlace Sri_Lanka.
- William_de_Silva birthYear "1908".
- William_de_Silva deathDate "1988-07-30".
- William_de_Silva deathYear "1988".
- William_de_Silva nationality Sri_Lanka.
- William_de_Silva occupation Minister_(government).
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- William_de_Silva stateOfOrigin Sri_Lanka.
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- William_de_Silva wikiPageWikiLink Colombo.
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- William_de_Silva wikiPageWikiLinkText "P.H. William de Silva".
- William_de_Silva wikiPageWikiLinkText "William de Silva".
- William_de_Silva almaMater Ananda_College.
- William_de_Silva almaMater Ceylon_University_College.
- William_de_Silva almaMater University_of_Oxford.
- William_de_Silva birthDate "1908-12-08".
- William_de_Silva birthPlace Sri_Lanka.
- William_de_Silva deathDate "1988-07-30".
- William_de_Silva name "William de Silva".
- William_de_Silva nationality "Sri Lankan".
- William_de_Silva occupation "Cabinet minister, Ceylon High Commissioner".
- William_de_Silva otherNames "Peduru Hewage William de Silva, P. H. William de Silva".
- William_de_Silva party "Lanka Sama Samaja Party".
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- William_de_Silva subject Category:1908_births.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:1988_deaths.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Alumni_of_Richmond_College_(Sri_Lanka).
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Alumni_of_University_College,_Oxford.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Alumni_of_the_Ceylon_University_College.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:High_Commissioners_of_Sri_Lanka_to_Canada.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Industries_ministers_of_Sri_Lanka.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Lanka_Sama_Samaja_Party_politicians.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:People_of_British_Ceylon.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Sinhalese_politicians.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Sri_Lankan_independence_activists.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Sri_Lankan_politicians.
- William_de_Silva subject Category:Sri_Lankan_trade_unionists.
- William_de_Silva hypernym Politician.
- William_de_Silva type Agent.
- William_de_Silva type Ambassador.
- William_de_Silva type Person.