Devabandhanage Piyadasa, popularly known as Piyadasa Ranasinghe, was a Sri Lankan political activist who was killed by army forces.
12 Facts About Piyadasa Ranasinghe
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe was known as Dibba, Sudu Mama and Dunuwila.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe was born on 4 April 1946 in Pahalawatte of Warapitiya village in Walasmulla, Sri Lanka as the third child of the family with seven siblings.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe was a hostel student at the school and was once the student leader of the hostel.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe was married to Seelavathi Senasinghe alias Sheela alias Sujatha.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe served as the JVP organising secretary from 1983 until his death in 1989.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe joined the JVP as a GCE Advanced Level student, and became an active member during the 1971 JVP insurrection.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe was later arrested in 1971 and transferred to Anuradhapura from the Kelaniya Vidyalankara University Camp and the Ridiyagama Outdoor Camp.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe was a talented lecturer who was called to educational camps.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe was elected to the JVP Central Committee in 1979 and later to the Politburo.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe coordinated relations between the JVP and Minister Ronnie de Mel which was an unofficial affair on behalf of Rohana Wijeweera.
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Piyadasa Ranasinghe was detained at the Mattegoda camp after being tortured and killed on November 15,1989.