Cuda Ratwatte

Cuda Ratwatte

Adigar Sir Cuda Ratwatte was a Ceylonese, the first elected mayor of Kandy and first person from Kandy to be awarded a knighthood from the British.

Born to Abeyratne Banda Ratwatte Basnayake and Thalgahagoda Lewke Punchi Kumarihamy, he was educated at Trinity College, Kandy. His brother was Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe of Sabaragamuwa and he was the uncle of Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike. He married Chitravo Katugaha Kumarihamy and had ten children including Stanley Ratwatte, J C Ratwatte II, A.C.L. Ratwatte, MBE who was the former Ceylon's High Commissioner in Ghana.

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