Early Life
He was born as a twin in the Galle district. Wijeyananda Dhanayake was educated at a well known educational institution in Southern Sri Lanka, Richmond College in Galle. He is often regarded as being one of the primary forces responsible for the Sinhala Only movement of the 1950s and 60s, and for being one of the early movers responsible for the decades of ethnic unrest that have prevailed in Sri Lanka since.
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