Talduwe Somarama
Talduwe Somarama Thero | |
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| Born | Talduwe Ratugama Rallage Weris Singho 27 August 1915 |
| Died | 6 July 1962 (aged 46) |
| Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
| Criminal charge | Murder (assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike) |
| Penalty | Death by hanging |
Talduwe Ratugama Rallage Weris Singho, better known as Talduwe Somarama Thero (27 August 1915 – 6 July 1962) was a Ceylonese Buddhist priest who shot and killed S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) in 1959.