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Patabendi Don Nandasiri Wijeweera (Sinhalese: පටබැඳි දොන් නන්දසිරි විජෙවීර; 14 July 1943 – 13 November 1989) known as Rohana Wijeweera, was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician, rebel and the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. Wijeweera led the party in two unsuccessful insurrections in Sri Lanka, in 1971 and 1987 to 1989.
Wijeweera was born on 14 July 1943 (Bastille Day) to Patabendi Don Andris Wijeweera and Nasi Nona Wickramakalutota who lived in Kottegoda a coastal fishing village situated in southern Sri Lanka and belong to the Karava caste hierarchy. The eldest in the family he had a younger brother Ananda and a younger sister Chitranie.
His father was an active member of Ceylon Communist Party (pro-Soviet wing) and very close to Dr. S. A. Wickramasinghe. He was disabled after an attack by thugs believed to be members of an opposing political party during the 1947 Parliamentary election campaign for the candidate Premalal Kumarasiri. He died in 1965.
'Apa-maradamuwath'-Rohana Wijeweera is a documentary film made by Paul Pieris and published in five parts. They need to be watched in chronological order to follow the political content.
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එදා මෙදා තුර බිහි වූ ඒ විශිෂ්ටතම අසහාය දේශපාලන නායකත්වයේ හඩට සවන්දෙමු.... මේ එම හඩපටයේ දහවැනි කොටස...
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Comrade Rohana Wijeweera speech - 1982 December Referendums election