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ACHIEVMENTS OF Mr. J. R. JAYAWARDANE In 19…. the then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mr. J. R. Jayawardane participated in the...
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JR Jayawardene Memorial Monument in Japan
ACHIEVMENTS OF Mr. J.
R. JAYAWARDANE
In
19…. the then Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mr. J. R. Jayawardane participated in
the Non Aliened Nations Conference held in Japan.
The
majority of the countries participated in the conference refused to accept Japan as a Commonwealth country. But Mr. J. R.
Jayawardane announced that malice cannot be destroyed by malicious decisions
quoting Lord Buddha’s words “Vairayen Vairaya Nosansinde”. He then requested
all countries to approve the granting of Commonwealth membership to Japan.
The
whole Assembly agreed accordingly and thereafter the Japanese highly respected
Mr. J. R. Jayawardane and Sri Lanka. They have offered so many development schemes
and large scale construction works to Sri Lanka.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
UNSUNG HERO of Mother Sri lanka
UNHONOURED AND
UNSUNG
An
International Athletic Competition was held in Japan during 1964. A Sri Lankan
marathon competitor Karunananda participated in the marathon race and was the
last runner to complete the race.
He
did not give up the competition whereas the 1st winner has overtaken
him by 3 rounds and the other participants were resting after completing the
marathon race. But Sri Lankan Karunananda continued his running alone until he
completed his last round.
However
when he was returning to the pavilion, all the spectators got up from their
seats and clapped to appreciate his worthy deed. When the media officers
questioned him that with knowing he was the last runner, why did he continue
his running without stopping. He replied as follows.
1. Winning the game is not only valuable, but completing
the game is very much valued.
2. I have come all the way from Sri Lanka to Japan for
the purpose of participating in the marathon race. Therefore I must complete
even the last round although I have lost the victory.
Japanese
appreciated his courage and enthusiasm and had allocated a page in the primary
school class book to encourage the children. Japanese recognize only two persons
in Sri Lanka. They are Karunananda as the first person and J. R. Jayawardane as
the second person.
But
in Sri Lanka nobody knows about our great hero Karunananda and there is no
appreciation about his courage.
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