{"id":148358,"date":"2025-01-31T14:25:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=148358"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T14:54:14","slug":"woman-in-sri-lankan-history-dr-gamini-kariyawasam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/woman-in-sri-lankan-history-dr-gamini-kariyawasam\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the intervention of a woman,   the conspiracy to overthrow the government,  in 1962 was thwarted.- Dr Gamini Kariyawasam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Through the intervention of a woman, the conspiracy to overthrow the government, in 1962 was thwarted.- Dr Gamini Kariyawasam<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118166 size-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Dr.Gamini-Kariyawasam-scaled-e1689388716368-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.Gamini Kariyawasam.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka&#8217;s first military coup was launched in January 1962,sixty-three years ago,\u00a0by a group of military, naval, and police officers, along with a senior civil servant, who planned to overthrow the democratically elected Sri Lanka Freedom Party government. Their plan was to arrest then-Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike and seize state power through a series of coordinated military operations overnight. The coup was set to take place on the night of January 27, 1962. However, they failed to move beyond the conspiratorial stage due to the intervention of a prudent woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/print\/opinion\/Balangoda-kitchen-Women-are-good-political-cooks-not-crooks\/172-112901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118166 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.dailymirror.lk\/media\/images\/image_1469125219-388c99e441.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.Gamini Kariyawasam.\" width=\"600\" height=\"780\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em>Image Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/print\/opinion\/Balangoda-kitchen-Women-are-good-political-cooks-not-crooks\/172-112901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dailymirror<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lankadeepa.lk\/sunday\/diyatha_news\/%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%BB-%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%99%E0%B7%85%E0%B7%92-%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%96-%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8F-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA\/48-518010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118166 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.lankadeepa.lk\/assets\/uploads\/image_6342abdcf0.jpg\" alt=\"Dr.Gamini Kariyawasam.\" width=\"600\" height=\"780\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Image Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lankadeepa.lk\/sunday\/diyatha_news\/%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%BB-%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%99%E0%B7%85%E0%B7%92-%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%96-%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8F-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA\/48-518010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lankadeepa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148359 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Maya-Senanayaka-e1738332227234.jpg\" alt=\"Maya Senanayaka.\" width=\"600\" height=\"751\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Mrs Maya Senanayaka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The conspirators aimed to forcibly capture and assassinate the then-Prime Minister, Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike, and eliminate her cabinet members in order to seize state power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">That conspiracy, which could have completely altered the history of the country, was foiled due to the actions of one remarkable woman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She was Maya Kularatne, a pioneer in the establishment of Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka, and an alumna of Richmond, Ananda, and Nalanda Colleges. She was the daughter of P. D. S. Kularatne, the founder of Nalanda College and a former principal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-148360 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Maya-Senaanayaka.jpg\" alt=\". Maya Senaanayaka\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Mrs. Maya Senaanayaka with her husband Stanley Senaanayaka and her four sons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">At the time of the incident, she was married to Stanley Senanayake, who later became the 18th Inspector General of Police in Sri Lanka. At that time, he was serving as the Senior Superintendent of Police in charge of Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Sensing her husband&#8217;s unusual nervousness, she persistently questioned him about it. Eventually, Stanley Senanayake, who had been reluctantly drawn into the conspiracy, confided in his wife about the impending disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Without hesitation, Maya Senanayake informed her father, P. D. S. Kularatne, who was then the Member of Parliament for Ambalangoda, about the dangerous plot. He immediately alerted the Prime Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Prime Minister swiftly took action, summoning security chiefs and arranging to suppress the coup, which had already begun. At that point, the conspirators had even arrested Neil de Alwis, the then-Member of Parliament for Baddegama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Minister Felix Dias Bandaranaike also played a significant role in thwarting the coup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It was due to the timely wisdom and actions of Maya Kularatne Senanayake that the history of Sri Lanka was saved from this great conspiracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/amp\/opinion\/53rd-anniversary-of-the-abortive-military-police-coup-d-etat-at-sirimavo-averted-a-disaster-on-janua\/172-61483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-148359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/bmkltsly13vb.compat.objectstorage.ap-mumbai-1.oraclecloud.com\/cdn.dailymirror.lk\/media\/images\/05.png\" alt=\"Maya Senanayaka.\" width=\"600\" height=\"751\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Image Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymirror.lk\/amp\/opinion\/53rd-anniversary-of-the-abortive-military-police-coup-d-etat-at-sirimavo-averted-a-disaster-on-janua\/172-61483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dailymirror<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Maya Kularatne was the daughter of P. D. S. Kularatne and Hilda Westbrook, an Englishwoman who came to Sri Lanka to teach at Ananda College. After marrying, she became Hilda Gunaratne. She was also the founder of Kurunegala Maliyadeva Girls&#8217; College and Panadura Sumangala Girls&#8217; College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There was a widespread belief that Maya Kularatne Senanayake was the most beautiful woman in Sri Lanka during her time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Her portrait, painted by Maishi de Silva, one of the most talented artists in Sri Lanka, was considered second only to the Mona Lisa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chulie.wordpress.com\/tag\/hilda-westbrook-p-des-kularatne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-148359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chulie.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/maya-at-16-c1.jpg\" alt=\"Maya Senanayaka.\" width=\"600\" height=\"751\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Image Source :<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/chulie.wordpress.com\/tag\/hilda-westbrook-p-des-kularatne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chulie.wordpress<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">One of her sons, Atula Senanayake, married Rosy Senanayake, who won the title of Mrs. World.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Perhaps, had her mother-in-law participated in a Miss World pageant in her time, she might have had a high chance of winning the title before her daughter-in-law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">However, when Maya Senanayake passed away in July 2017, the media merely reported her as the mother-in-law of the Mayor of Colombo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1392103884203297&amp;set=a.633398123407214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-148359 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fcmb1-2.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/465046458_8616918205055126_2574990960028591502_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=833d8c&amp;_nc_ohc=pf1MD08-qAwQ7kNvgGqyPoJ&amp;_nc_oc=AdjLBdwHidIOtSB5S3-IXe20gKk0bkpLTisSHu7973F9vhtyn7mIjQQibxUbPKI8XWM&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fcmb1-2.fna&amp;_nc_gid=AeMBInyAhAkN9uijp-tLSC3&amp;oh=00_AYApIJt4nQ8ErfjQBWvYlyd5uiT8qsuJyl6CXAhCOH-lDw&amp;oe=67A29CB7\" alt=\"Maya Senanayaka.\" width=\"600\" height=\"751\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Image Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1392103884203297&amp;set=a.633398123407214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is unfortunate that the remarkable role she played in Sri Lanka&#8217;s history was largely forgotten at the time of her passing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Dr.Gamini Kariyawasam.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:gaminee@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gaminee@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>If you missed <span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em>Dr.Gaminis<\/em><\/span>\u2019 last Article \u2013 here it is! \u2013<span style=\"color: #000080;\"> <a style=\"color: #000080;\" 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