S.A. Dissanayake - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

S.A. "Jingle" Dissanayaka is a former Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

n Inspector-General of Police

Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)

The Inspector General of Police is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Police. He is the most senior police officer in Sri Lanka and oversees all police personnel throughout the country. The IGP reports to the minister of defense, when the Police Service is under the Ministry of Defence as it...

. He was played a major role as Director of the Criminal Investigation Department

Criminal Investigation Department (Sri Lanka)

The Criminal Investigation Department of the Sri Lanka Police Service is responsible for carrying out investigations throughout the island into serious crimes, including murders, rape and organized crime cases of a very serious nature that require special skills and complex detection...

in stopping the attempted military coup of 1962

Attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962

The 1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt was a failed military coup planned in Sri Lanka . Several Christian senior military and policy officers planned to topple the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Mrs...

. Later in 1971 during the 1971 JVP Insurrection he was appointed as Additional Permanent Secretary

Permanent Secretary

The Permanent secretary, in most departments officially titled the permanent under-secretary of state , is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis...

of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence

Ministry of External Affairs and Defence

The Ministry of External Affairs and Defence was a ministry of the Government of Ceylon that conducted and managed all of Ceylon's relations with other countries and its military matters from 1947 to 1977.-History:...

and coordinated military and police operations that successfully crushed the insurrection in two months.

During police serviced he received the Ceylon Police Medal for Meritorious Service, Defence Medal 1939-45, Ceylon Police Independence Medal and the Service Medal of the Order of St John

Service Medal of the Order of St John

The Service Medal of the Order of St John is an award given to those that have provided a requisite number or years service to the Venerable Order of St John...

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Educated at the prestigious Royal College Colombo

Royal College Colombo

The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835 in Colombo. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka...

and went to study at the University College, Colombo, he was the younger brother of Cyril Dissanayake

Cyril Dissanayake

Cyril Cyrus "Jungle" Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan senior police officer. He was one of the leaders of the attempted military coup of 1962.-Education:...

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