Word: gopallawa
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...plantations. Thousands of leftists swarmed in the road outside Temple Trees, the Prime Minister's official residence, shouting, "Victory!" and "Don't resign!" At the insistence of her Marxist Cabinet ministers, the buxom Prime Minister stoutly clung to power, even after Governor General William Gopallawa asked her to quit. But at last she caved in, and victory went to Dudley Senanayake after midnight of the third day. Wreathed in smiles, he called on the Governor General, bearing a letter of endorsement from the Federal Party leadership that enabled him to form a government...
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