Mr. S W R D Bandaranaike speaks in 1956 to British Media

Mr. S W R D Bandaranaike speaks in this rare footage and justifies why Sinhalese must be made the official language.
The Oxford educated politician dubbed as golden voice of Asia made it clear that 70% of the peoples' language, Sinhalese must be made official whilst the Tamil language be given appropriate respect.

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[buddhikaayu]

SINHALA IS THE STATE LANGUAGE ..THAT'S ALL . 

[LankanChE]

muge bala thanhawa handa ratak winasa kara.. l

[blacktaged]

mun wage balayata thanhaa una eun thama rata keewe. muuth ekai, muge geenith ekai, muge duwath ekai.

[qaghzz]

@Dr196903 Dear doctor or anyone?, (i dont care). b4 speakin abt comprehension, i think u have not comprehended the fact of account what the guy in slang attempted to say...(srry 4 dat lol). When searching 4 the epicentres of the war, there r tangible factors such as language, human rights etc. Its not 4 the dollars. its common sense. What we had resulted 4 a 30 yr war, are the idiotic, lack of foresight, visionary zero decisions taken from very good educated fools like BANDARANAIKE

[Iamalondonhater]

gon me haraka

[Tamilonthestreet]

SWRD is the man who ruined this beautiful country !

All my best friends are Sinhalese !

I live in Wellawatta !

I hate conflict ! Life is too short to fight the Tamil Sinhalese War !

Bath kana Miniha Those kana Minihata kamathi Naaa !

We are all fools !

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Since you are obsessed by semantics, and care more about names than facts, if someone names a dog kennel "Sinhalese Homeland" in the Sinhalese language, then you would accept that it is the homeland of Sinhalese. Because if it's named in the language of the Sinhalese, it must really be true that the kennel is the homeland of Sinhalese, right?

LOL. That's exactly how absurd your logic is. It's embarassing for you.

BTW, you still haven't shown where I supported terrorism.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Again, simple question: show me where I supported terrorism. Back up your accusation with evidence.

[ArgueEverything]

@Tilan123 Shocking that you so happily forget about the deaths of thousands of innocent Sinhalese at the hands of Karuna.

I'd understand if you didn't care about Tamil civilian deaths, because of your racist comments, but what truly surprises me is that you don't even care about Sinhalese deaths! Your love of Karuna shows you are disconnected from ordinary Lankans, and you just unquestioningly support the government.

Even if that means spitting on the face of Karuna's many victims.

[Tilan123]

@ArgueEverything if Tamil Nadu was the homeland for only INdian tamils it would be called INDIAN TAMIL NADU. If it was for both SL and Indian itd be called TAMIL NADU...woops thats what its alread called!;)

Sri Lanka. LOVE IT, or LEAVE IT