Don Daniel Athulathmudali (23 February 1901 – 10 November 1958) was a

Ceylon Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

ese lawyer and politician.

Biography

Don Daniel Athulathmudali was born on 23 February 1901 in Pasdun

Korale A Korale or Corale was formerly a revenue district in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). During the British colonial administration, a low country korale was under the purview of a Mudaliyar while an upcountry korale came under the purview of a post that was it ...

to Don William Athulathmudali and Wijayagunawardena. He was educated at

Ananda College Ananda College () is a Prestigious Buddhist school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is often known as "The Pinnacle of buddhist education " It is the largest national Buddhist school for boys in Sri Lanka, with a student population exceeding 8000 ac ...

and studied law in England and was called to the English bar in 1926. Athulathmudali was elected to the

State Council of Ceylon The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It ...

from

Matugama Mathugama (, ) is a semi urban town surrounded by mountains. It is an electorate of the Kalutara district, in Western Province, Sri Lanka. The town is located to the south of Colombo. Mathugama is part of the ''Pasdun Korale'' () (meaning: co ...

on 19 June 1931 and served until 7 December 1935. At the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947, Athulathmudali contested the seat of

Agalawatte Agalawatta is a town in Kalutara District of Sri Lanka, and is an electoral division. History Agalawatta is part of the ''Pasdun Rata'' (), which is also known as ''Pasdun Korale'' () (meaning: country/county of five ''yojanas''), created when ...

, representing the

United National Party The United National Party (UNP; , ) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1946, the party was one of Sri Lanka's two main parties for several decades. The UNP has served as the country's ruling party ...

. He lost to the

Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP ( literally: Lanka Equal Society Party, Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி), is a major Trotskyist po ...

candidate, S. A. Silva by 779 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Athulathmudali, D. D. 1901 births 1958 deaths Alumni of Ananda College Members of the 1st State Council of Ceylon Sinhalese people Sri Lankan lawyers United National Party politicians People from British Ceylon