Colombo in the Space Age
The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 1959 to 2024. The most recorded lives are Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Muammar Gaddafi and Manmohan Singh.
Notable people
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
from 1959 to 2000
4 moments here
Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1976
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Manmohan Singh
in 2008
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Ebrahim Raisi
in 2024
1 moment here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Moments
- 1959 At home during assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1962 Sino-Indian mediation conferences Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1976 Host of fifth Non-Aligned summit Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1976 Non-Aligned summit in Colombo Muammar Gaddafi
- 2000 Death while returning from voting Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 2008 SAARC summit in Colombo Manmohan Singh
- 2024 Visit to Colombo Ebrahim Raisi