• සිරිමාවෝ බණ්ඩාරනායක

  • சிறிமாவோ பண்டாரநாயக்க

  • SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE

" The World's First Female Prime Minister "

26 September 1971 – Senate abolished

The Upper House of Parliament, in the bi-cameral system of governance which was in place in Ceylon ceased to exist on 26th September 1971. Mrs Bandaranaike, having been first brought into the political mainstream through the Senate upon her election in 1960, was in the process of effecting constitutional change with a new Republican constitution to be introduced within months.