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Ceylon becomes Sri Lanka

In 1964 our government was defeated at the Throne Speech by one vote as explained earlier in a separate chapter. After Parliament was dissolved we faced a General Election. At this stage we, the SLFP formed a United Front with the LSSP and CP. It was a keen fight. The UNP won. But they didn't have a strong majority to form a stable government so they formed a seven party government with Phillip Goonewardene's Party, MEP, K.M.P. Rajaratnam's group including members of the Tamil Congress, Federal Party, M. Tiruchelvam of the was given a ministry. It was really a seven party coalition which did not last long.
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