1. Polthutuwe Arachchige Jinadasa Niyathapala was a Sri Lankan politician and a former member and Senator of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and former General Secretary of the United National Party.
13 Facts About Jinadasa Niyathapala
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Jinasada Niyathapala started his political career in 1946 through the United National Party's Youth movement.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala was an active member of the All Island Youth Movement and from 1949 held the position of Deputy Chairman with Sir John Kotelawala holding the position of Founding Leader.
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In 1958 Jinadasa Niyathapala was appointed to the United National Party Working Committee by Dudley Senanayake, making him the youngest member of the committee at 29 years old.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala was the editor-in-chief of United National Party's official publication Siyarata.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala was elected to parliament in the March 1960 general election defeating Stanley Tillekeratne from the Kotte, becoming the youngest UNP MP at the time.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala lost his electorate in the July 1960 general election to Stanley Tillekeratne.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala contested the 1965 general election and lost to Tillekeratne.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon in 1967 and served till 1970.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala again contested the 1970 general election and lost to Tillekeratne.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala was appointed General Secretary of United National Party in 1973 by JR Jayewardene.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala held the position as the Secretary for the Asian region in the World Freedom Movement.
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Jinadasa Niyathapala left the UNP and contested the 1977 general election from the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, but lost to Ananda Tissa de Alwis.