Sucharitha was the home of

Ranasinghe Premadasa Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa ( ''Raṇasiṃha Premadāsa''; ''Raṇaciṅka Pirēmatācā''; 23 June 1924 – 1 May 1993) was a Sri Lankan politician and statesman who served as the third President of Sri Lanka from 2 January 1989 unt ...

, former

President of Sri Lanka The president of Sri Lanka ( ''Śrī Laṅkā Janādhipati''; ''Ilaṇkai janātipati'') is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The president is the chief executive of the union governm ...

. It was the headquarters of his Sri Sucharitha Movement. Premadasa remained at Sucharitha even after being elected president, using

President's House, Colombo President's House is the official residence and workplace of the President of Sri Lanka, located at Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Since 1804 it had been the residence of British Governors and Governors-General and was known as the ...

only for official functions. Premadasa hosted

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leaders at Sucharitha for peace talks in 1989.Premadasa’s plan goes awry as JVP opens up new front War on terror revisited
/ref> Following his death, it has been turned into a social services center with the Sucharitha Hall and Sucharitha Library serving the public.

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Houses in Colombo Premadasa family {{SriLanka-struct-stub

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