“Philip Gunawardena: The Sri Lankan Freedom Fighter Who Loved India as His Own”, My Ind Maker, January 26, 2026

“India’s freedom struggle was never confined to its borders. It was a subcontinental uprising of ideas, sacrifices, and solidarities that crossed oceans and empires. Among the lesser-known yet deeply significant figures of this shared struggle stands Philip Gunawardena, a Sri Lankan revolutionary, statesman, and ideologue whose life was intertwined with India’s march towards independence.

Revered today as the Father of Socialism in Sri Lanka and honoured as a National Hero, Gunawardena’s story also belongs to India.

 A freedom struggle leader

In the early 1920s, long before independence became inevitable, Philip Gunawardena was already thinking beyond national boundaries. While studying in the United States, he enrolled at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where destiny placed him alongside Jayaprakash Narayan, one of India’s most iconic socialist leaders……..”

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