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become the prosecution's main article of evidence. On 3 June 1963, de Saram was convicted along with 11 of the other 24 accused to 10 years in jail as well confiscation of property after laws had been specially modified by the government in order to convict the plotters. The conviction was eventually overruled on appeal to the
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to control civil unrest. On 1 May 1954, de Saram retired from the regular force, transferred to the volunteer force and became the commanding officer, 2nd (Volunteer) Coast Artillery Regiment. In May 1958, the Ceylon Volunteer Force was mobilized to assist the police to suppress rioting during the
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alone, but there he was arrested. Since no actual coup had taken place, the government had no real evidence to use to punish the accused and thus confined them to solitary confinement in hope of getting a confession. de Saram confessed taking sole responsibility of the coup. This would go on to
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and qualified as an instructor in Gunnery (IG), Lieutenant Colonel de Saram transferred to the regular force and took command of one of the first two combat units formed in the new Ceylon Army as the first
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of the anti-aircraft batteries deployed at Diamond Hill, Hoodstower and he personally commanded the Ostenberg anti-aircraft battery which provided air defence of Trincomalee during the
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However, an officer, who had been brought in on the plot the morning of the set date, warned the government and several of the plotters were arrested. de Saram drove to
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games for Ceylon and Oxford University, de Saram made 2789 runs at an average of 39.84 with six centuries and a highest score of 208. He captained the
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for his service to sport. In later years he coached his alma mater, Royal College Colombo in Cricket. He was also actively involved with
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to serve with their underground should Ceylon fall to the Japanese in 1942. In 1946 as a Major, de Saram served on the staff of the
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He stood by the country when democracy was in peril, 18th death anniversary of the 7th post-independence IGP ~ Stanley Senanayake
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was planned for midnight on 27 January 1962 under the leadership of de Saram with the support of troops from the
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Coup of 1962: an inside story, by former diplomat T. D. S. A. Dissanayaka, son of C.C. "Jungle" Dissanayake
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Coup of 1962: an inside story, by former diplomat T. D. S. A. Dissanayaka, son of C.C. "Jungle" Dissanayake
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officers of the army, navy and police, began to plot a coup along the lines of that waged by General
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on 9 April 1942. With the prospect of a Japanese invasion of Ceylon, he was approached by
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and had established links to other leading low country families in the island such as the
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that saw a gradual erosion of their influence and position in the country following the
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as well as several other volunteer units. The plan was the detain the Prime Minister
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was formed on 1 October 1949. Having attended the Long Gunnery Staff Course at the
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A right-handed batsman, de Saram made 128 playing for Oxford University against
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for volunteer service; for wartime service, he had been awarded the
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cricket and rugby teams. He died on 11 April 1983 at age 70.
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Ceylon would command all military establishments and have
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Sri Lankan lawyer, cricket captain, and military officer
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Ceylonese Officers of the Order of the British Empire
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in 1898 which was taken over by his father and uncle
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