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Upatissa Gamanayake (Don Upatissa Gamanayake) was born on 17 October, 1948 in Kantale, Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan politician. Discover Upatissa Gamanayake's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

Popular As Don Upatissa Gamanayake
Occupation Politician, Revolutionary leader
Age 41 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 17 October, 1948
Birthday 17 October
Birthplace Kantale, Sri Lanka
Date of death 1989
Died Place Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka
Nationality Sri Lanka

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His wife is S. Karunawathi (1978-1989)

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1948

Don Upatissa Gamanayake (උපතිස්ස ගමනායක; 17 October 1948 – 13 November 1989), also known by his alias Dias Mudalali, was a Sri Lankan politician and the deputy leader of the Jantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during the 1987–89 insurrection.

He was born on 17 October 1948 in Mahingala, Padukka, Sri Lanka as the seventh child in a family with nine siblings.

His father Don Upenis was born in Welihena village in Athuraliya Divisional Secretariat, Akuressa and his mother Wettasinghe Arachchige Maginona was born in Padukka.

Upenis, a former chena farmer, came to Padukka and worked in a rubber estate.

1956

Maginona died in 1956 after being bitten by a snake.

1958

After the death of his mother, his family went to Kantale Farm Colony in 1958 under the program of settling new settlers in farming colonies.

Gamanayake was educated at Venrasanpura Tamil School and Gantalawa Maha Vidyalaya.

1968

He started JVP politics in November 1968 while still in school through Angampodi Cyril Jayaratne, a teacher at Pulmudai Maha Vidyalaya.

Piyasiri Gunaratne, a Trincomalee railway clerk born in Ambalangoda, conducted JVP classes for Gamanayake.

Gamanayake worked with many in the JVP activities in the Trincomalee District from November 1968 to April 1971.

1969

She was educated at Mawathagama Central College, and joined the JVP in 1969 as a schoolgirl.

Later he qualified for the Faculty of Arts at the University of Colombo in 1969.

1971

Not a prominent figure during the JVP's 1971 insurrection, Gamanayake emerged as a leader only after the releasing of the JVP detainees in 1977.

Karuna was a JVP activist who was subjected to police harassment during the 1971 uprising.

Several members of her family, including Gnana, were arrested in 1971 as JVP activists.

Arrested during the 1971 uprising, Karuna was released from prison in 1976 after serving a suspended sentence.

During the April 1971 Insurrection, insurgents attacked police stations in Trincomalee, Uppuveli and Kantale, but failed.

Gamanayake was also involved in the Kantale police raid.

He was not arrested during the April 1971 uprising and secretly aided and abetted the formation of the party.

1973

However, he was later arrested in 1973 in a robbery to raise funds for the JVP.

1975

On March 18, 1975, under Wijeweera's guidance, Gamanayake set up a temporary JVP central committee in prison.

1977

He moved up rapidly in the party hierarchy during the JVP's 1977-83 democratic phase and became the second in command after the founder and the leader, Rohana Wijeweera.

Then the first press conference of the JVP was held under his direction with the appointment of Attorney-at-Law M. N. Jayasinghe as the Acting General Secretary which was held on 19 February 1977.

In the meantime, he held a rally in Hyde Park on March 10, 1977 and the first May Day rally of the JVP was held on May 1, 1977 at Dematagoda Park under the leadership of Gamanayake.

Then five by-elections were held from 1977 to 1981, of which the JVP came third in the December 1979 Galle by-election with Lionel Bopage receiving 3,366 votes.

1978

Gamanayake was married in 1978 to Arambe Devalage S. Karunawathi aka Karuna, a native of Ihalagama, Rambukkana Parape.

After the new Central Committee of the JVP was held for three days in 1978 at Omaragolla Koskele in the Kurunegala District, Gamanayake was later appointed as the General Secretary of the Socialist Workers Union under this all the affiliated organizations of the JVP were reorganized.

Meanwhile he led a JVP group contested as an independent group for The Colombo Municipal Council election which was held in 1978.

Although no one was elected, they received more votes than the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and the Communist Party.

1980

Janitha (born in 1980) was married for the second time in 2016 to a British national.

He started politics at the Kantale Ceylon National Students' Union of the Communist Party at school age and was the President of the Communist Students' Union which he secretly started at Kantale Maha Vidyalaya.

The Trincomalee District Branch of the Ceylon National Students' Union was established by Palitha Shamdas Solomons and Palitha Gurusinghe, student leaders from the Communist Party Headquarters.

The Anamaduwa by-election was held in May 1980 and he contested it and received 857 votes.

1982

His son Suchira Chamika (born in 1982) living in the UK in 2018, is a technician.

1983

He unsuccessfully contested the 1983 Anamaduwa by-election under JVP.

1989

Gamanayake was captured and killed by the government forces in November 1989.

1991

After the assassination of Gamanayake, his wife Karuna, who came to Italy illegally in 1991 and sought political asylum, later emigrated to Britain in 1993 with the encouragement of the JVP London Committee in Britain, including lawyer Ranjith Mendis.

The two children were then brought in as well.

Karuna and her two children returned to Sri Lanka for the first time after 17 years.

2009

His daughter Janitha's first marriage took place in 2009.