Sri Lanka on July 21

This is 21st of July. It is day 202 of the year. As of today, there are 163 days left until the end of the year. If you are curious about the most important and notable historical footprint of Sri Lanka, let us delve into more On This Day events to uncover fascinating tidbits from the nation's history that covers for 365 days.

Today’s Highlight

• 1956 – Nava Yugaya, a Sinhalese fortnightly magazine, was published.
• 1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike sworn and became Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the world’s first female head of government, after her party’s (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) victory.
• 1977 – Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike lost Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election to Junius Richard Jayewardene’s United National Party.
• 1970 – Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations with Vietnam.
• 1981 – Sri Lanka Cricket was affiliated with the International Cricket Council.
• 1999 – Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations with Uruguay.
• 2006 – The LTTE closed the sluice gates of the Mavil Oya reservoir, sparking a water dispute that escalated into a full-scale war in eastern Sri Lanka.
• 2022 – Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed the presidency of Sri Lanka, taking the presidential oath in parliament.