E. A. Nugawela

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honorific-prefix = Major The Honourable
name = E. A. Nugawela
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order = Former Minister of Education and Health
constituency_MP =Kadugannawa
parliament = Sri Lankan
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term_start =1947
term_end =1958
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nationality = Sri Lankan
party = United National Party
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alma_mater =Royal College, Colombo
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Major E. A. Nugawela, CLI was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the first Minister of Education in independent Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) (1947-1954), later Minister of Health (1954-1958), a Member of Parliament & State Council [ [http://www.dailynews.lk/2003/09/03/fea01.html A brief history of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, by Deshakeerthi Chandrasiri Weligamage (Ex. Director, State Printing Corporation) ] ] . He is noted for the educational reforms and expansion of the number of state schools during his tenure, continuing the work started by Dr C.W.W. Kannangara [ [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/990207/mirror4.html Our educationists] ] . Educated at Royal College, Colombo, he had served as a reservist officer in the Ceylon Light Infantry.

References

External links

* [http://www.moe.gov.lk/ Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka]
* [http://www.imagelanka.com/index.php/History/History/-First-cabinet.html The first cabinet of Ministers]
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/ind54.html Sri Lanka 54th Independence Anniversary]
* [http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY ]