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701:(DIG) for Range I. During the walk Dissanayake had approached Senanayake for his assistance in a secret operation that was due to take place that night. As chief of police for Colombo, his cooperation was vital for the operation to succeed. Returning home, Senanayake was uneasy with the nature of the operation and confided in his wife Mala Senanayake the details which had been shared with him by Dissanayake. Mala Senanayake immediately called her father Kularatne who was a member of parliament and a founder of the
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Traffic would have all main roads and highways cleared within 30 mins. This will facilitate the rapid movement of troop convoys from their barracks to predetermined destinations under the command of de Saram and de Mel starting at 11:00pm and to be completed by 1:00am on the 28 January 1962. Lieutenant
Colonel Wilmot Abrahams leading the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment was tasked with the capture of Temple Trees and detailing the Prime Minister assisted by ASP Lionel Jirasinhe.
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with Major A. Hulangamuwa in charge. The officers were held in solitary confinement in the hope of getting confessions. The conditions were improved later. Extensive interviews were carried out among the small officer coupe of the Ceylon Army to gain evidence against the accused. One officer, Captain
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aired a special news bulletin interrupting its scheduled programs, announcing that a conspiracy by a group of senior police and armed services officers to stage a coup d'état had been foiled and seven police and army officers had been arrested. News then broke-out in the evening editions. The initial
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of the Ceylon constitution and that the Act had denied fair trial. According to the Privy
Council, the law had been specially enacted to convict the men; under trial they did not have the protections that they would have had under general criminal law. It acquitted all the eleven. They were released
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Constitution in that they amounted to a direction to convict the men or to a legislative plan to secure their conviction and severe punishment and thus constituted an unjustifiable assumption of judicial power, by the legislature, or an interference with judicial power,
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of the army, while
Colonel B. R. Heyn took over as Commandant of the Ceylon Volunteer Force. In April 1963, Walter Abeykoon was replaced by S. A. Dissanayake as IGP and John Attygalle was promoted DIG (CID). The following December General Winston Wijekoon retired and Colonel Udugama succeeded him as
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Colonel F. C. de Saram, Colonel Maurice de Mel and Rear Admiral Royce de Mel. Colonel de Saram drove to Temple Trees where he was arrested, Colonel de Mel was arrested at home and Admiral de Mel went into hiding. In the Sunday afternoon of 28 January
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were connected to the coup, a security cordon around Temple Trees was deployed from airforce personnel, since no one was sure how deeply the conspiracy had penetrated the ranks of the army, navy and police. The prime minister ordered the arrest of
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A Third Court sat for 324 days from 3 June 1963, and convicted 11 of the 24 accused including De Saram, De Mel brothers, Douglas
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V.T. Dickman had been replaced by a known conspirator. At 11:15pm a teletype message was sent out by DIG CID to
Colombo and all police stations stating that a coup had been staged against the government by senior police officer and not to carry out any orders other than those of the DIG CID. Having
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issued an order to the service commanders to prepare for a series of strikes and rioting by
Leftist and trade unions. The government at this stage delayed implementation of wage revisions based on the P. O. Fernando Committee Report on port labor, and the Wilmot Perera Report on the Public Service.
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and other city telephone exchanges were to be taken over and put out of operation. Shortly after mid-night Police Headquarters and the CID office in fort were to be taken over. Newspaper office buildings of the Lake House and Times of Ceylon were to be taken over and publications to be stopped for
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and the IGP Abeykoon were called to Temple Trees for an emergency meeting. Stanley Senanayake was also summoned to Temple Trees and was questioned by Bandaranaike and CID officers to reveal everything he knew. A list of possible coup members were made and Bandaranaike ordered the junior police and
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The arrested conspirators were tried under a special law, convicted and jailed. Their sentences were overruled later on appeal as it found the new law violated the Ceylon constitution and denied fair trial. During the trial it was revealed that the coup had the backing of several former statesmen,
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This practice was continued by successive governments and had a negative effect on the professionalism and impartiality of the armed forces and the police. Funding for the services were cut drastically in the immediate aftermath, greatly affecting its growth and disabling its ability of defending
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reaching Colombo. In the process detain the Prime Minister and government leaders. The service commanders and the IGP were kept unaware of the plan. It would be initiated by C. C. Dissanayake at 10:00pm on the 27 January 1962 by issuing a take post order to his men. Thereafter ASP Johnpillai, ASP
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revealed the details of the attempted coup in Parliament on 13 February 1962 and published a white paper with its details. On 18 February 1962, Felix Dias Bandaranaike stated in Parliament that Sir Oliver Goonetilleke's up in the investigations. Goonetilleke indicated he had no objection to be
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Of the accused, De Saram returned to his family law firm and legal practice, Douglas Liyanage was appointed Secretary to the Ministry of State in the early 1980s, Capt. John Felix went on to become the Commissioner-General of Inland Revenue and Lt. Col. Basil Jesudasan became the Chairman of
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Key to the success of the coup would be to prevent, troops loyal to the government from staging a counter-coup. To this end, it was deemed that troops from the Panagoda Cantonment, were to be prevented from entering Colombo at all cost. The primary threat the coup leaders feared was the 1st
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This resulted in several strike action by port workers and the Ceylon Transport Board in November and December 1961, which was followed by a general strike. The Ceylon Volunteer Force was deployed and restored much of the operations. On 13 December 1961, Dr
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of the army, the IGP and the Air Force Commander were to be prevented from leaving their houses as well as several cabinet ministers and important officials having been placed under house arrest. Government members of parliament were to be detained at the
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detainees were housed in an annex at Temple Trees, while CID and Special Branch carried out investigations to identify other conspirators. Felix Dias Bandaranaike's continued personal involvement in the investigation was termed by some as an
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was dispatched London to present the Prime Minister's request to the Queen to replace her Governor-General in Ceylon. On 26 February 1962, Radio Ceylon announced that the Queen had accepted the request of the Government of Ceylon to appoint
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Both General Winston Wijekoon and Colonel Heyn were not aware of the coup and their regiment, the 1st Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry, based in Panagoda, was the unit the plotters had wanted to prevent coming to the aid of the Government.
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army officers who were known to be acting under the orders of the coup leaders to be summoned to Temple Trees, where they were questioned by Bandaranaike personally and the CID. It was revealed that the coup's military element was led by
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A restructuring followed with officers and men linked to the coup being discharged. The 1st Heavy Anti-aircraft Regiment (the primary unit involved in the coup), the 2nd (V) Anti-aircraft Regiment and the 3rd Field Regiment of the
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schools were not targeted. Already by this point many Christians were leaving Ceylon mainly to the UK. The country's economy worsened, resulting in increasing cost of living and rising unemployment. The military coup by General
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from the Lands Settlement Department, over three other senior Christian police officers. This caused much resentment among these senior police officers, who tendered their resignations, which were later withdrawn.
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received a call at his official quarters that the plan had been compromised and the leaders decided to call off the coup. Temple Trees was informed that the duty officer for the night at Police headquarters
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while their country seats in their constituencies were supplemented by local party volunteers. Felix Dias Bandaranaike called for regular security briefings for the prime minister which were held at
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was deployed in Jaffna at the time. Therefore, troops from the coup with armored cars were to be stationed at the two Kelani river bridges, the Wellawatte-Dehiwela bridge and the Kirillapone bridge.
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emerging as the leader of his party and gaining a majority in parliament, resulting in her becoming the first female prime minister in the world in 1960. She continued her husband's policies, with
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and went back to his game of bridge. S. A. Dissanayake (who was DIG (CID) and younger brother of C. C. Dissanayake) was not on talking terms with his brother. At the time the CID was tasked with
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Sirima Bandaranaike's distrust continued into her second term in 1970, fearful of another military coup, she had the police units such as the Special Branch reorganized and appointed her cousin
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Colonel Maurice de Mel would command operations from Army headquarters, while Colonel de Saram would position himself at Temple Trees and direct operations from there. The password would be
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to the Ministry of Defense and External Affairs. In this capacity Dias began a program of recruitment of Sinhalese Buddhist officers to the army, while recruitment in the navy was stopped.
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also invited to join. The coup leaders had intended to send Sirima Bandaranaike to the United Kingdom by plan with her family to join her daughter who was studying at Oxford at the time.
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were disbanded in disgrace and remaining officers and men transferred to form the 4th Regiment, Ceylon Artillery. It was then moved to the Panagoda Cantonment from its traditional home,
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which was outside the legislature's competence and was inconsistent with the severance of power between legislature, executive and judiciary which the constitution ordained.
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from the police, civil servants and several civilians. All arrested military officers were stripped of their ranks, while the police officers and civil servants were
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in 1972 and was pardoned following the repeal of the Criminal Justice Commissions Act in 1977. No moves against Senanayake or Kotelawala were made, but years later
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and brother of Colonel Maurice de Mel. The coup was to be carried out by troops from the 3rd Field Regiment and the 2nd Volunteer Anti-aircraft Regiment of the
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once the password 'Holdfast' was given. A special direct telephone line had been laid the previous day, from Army Headquarters at Lower Lake Road to the
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against the language policy of the government. The government responded by dispatching army units to the Jaffna District and declaring a
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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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Jackson. The sentence was ten years in jail and confiscation of property. Wilmot Abraham later died in prison in 1964.
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Major Wilton George White - 3rd Field Artillery Regiment,
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Catholics Protest Ceylon Plan To Take Over Church Schools
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1726:- Deputy Director of Land Development (found guilty)
1688:- Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Range I.
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385:during the night of 27 January 1962. Organised by
1880:"Significance of the abortive 1962 military coup"
775:, (second most senior officer in the Police) and
2342:The Inside Story by Pieter Keuneman in Sinhala 3
2337:The Inside Story by Pieter Keuneman in Sinhala 2
2332:The Inside Story by Pieter Keuneman in Sinhala 1
1183:when the Sri Lankan Army saw a major expansion.
2282:Significance of the abortive 1962 military coup
1946:, The Blade (Toledo Blade), Accessed 05-09-2015
1652:John Anthony Kajaratnam Felix - Staff Officer,
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1990:Amerasekera, Dr. Nihal D. (4 January 2014).
1798:"How the British press saw Mrs Bandaranaike"
1617:- 2nd Volunteer Coastal Artillery Regiment,
810:and Armoured cars of the Sabre Troop of the
2567:2015 alleged Sri Lankan coup d'état attempt
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1933:The RAF and RCyAF - A parting of the ways
1812:"The Kataragama factor and the 1962 coup"
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1519:Accused conspirators of the coup attempt
761:(a cousin of S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike) and
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18:1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
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1099:Changes in the armed forces and police
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2307:Coup d'etat of 1962 and Police rugby
2297:Looking back on operation `Holdfast'
1814:. The Sunday Times. August 13, 2000.
552:officers. After sending the serving
455:Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike
58:adding citations to reliable sources
2731:History of Sri Lanka (1948–present)
2694:2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
2689:2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
2684:2014 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
2416:First Polonnaruwa War of Succession
2258:"Court Jester: Lakshman Kadirgamar"
1975:When the 'nobodies' made their mark
1878:Balachandran, P. K. (1 June 2006).
1828:Perera, K.K.S. (January 29, 2012).
1908:"Bandaranaikes: the bane of Lanka"
1552:Commandant, Ceylon Volunteer Force
806:; 2nd Volunteer Signals Regiment,
699:Deputy Inspector General of Police
402:Commandant, Ceylon Volunteer Force
354:1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
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1720:Don John Francis Douglas Liyanage
1621:and Controller of Imports Exports
1590:(died in Welikada Prison in 1964)
1298:, under the new law, appointed a
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2627:Burning of Jaffna Public Library
2489:Sri Lankan independence movement
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1686:Cyril Cyrus "Jungle" Dissanayake
1431:from prison after four years in
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1447:Impact and effects of the coup
1306:. Of the 24 charged, all were
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1372:, and former Prime Ministers
1116:officers on secondment, with
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570:Bandaranaike was assassinated
312:3rd Field Artillery Regiment,
69:"1962 Ceylonese coup attempt"
2746:Attempted coups in Sri Lanka
2494:Great Rebellion of 1817–1818
1315:Queen v. Liyanage and others
998:- Ceylon, would meet at the
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2541:1962 Ceylonese coup attempt
1656:Headquarters (found guilty)
1566:Gerard Royce Maxwell de Mel
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1399:Appeal to the Privy Council
1389:Criminal Justice Commission
1284:wage war against the Queen,
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1884:The Daily News (Sri Lanka)
1556:Chief of Staff of the Army
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1002:where they would have the
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675:Patrick de Silva Kularatne
2679:2012 Welikada prison riot
2470:Nikapitiye Bandara Revolt
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2327:Coup of 1962 in Sinhala
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892:Felix Dias Bandaranaike
723:Felix Dias Bandaranaike
703:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
637:Parliamentary Secretary
578:Felix Dias Bandaranaike
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1506:1971 JVP Insurrection
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1061:Changes in government
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