T.B. Jayah

Tuan Branudeen Jayah was a great patriot of our nation, "a  multi-faceted, multi-dimensional personality" who towered above his contemporaries in the Muslim Community. He was a national figure in the period spanning the introduction of the Donoughmore and Soulbury Constitutions which culminated in Ceylon attaning full independence from British rule in 1948.
In 1944, he spoke for three hours on the Soulbury Report and the White Paper of the United Kingdom Government to pave the way for full independence. It was on this historic occasion that the then leader of the House in the State Council, S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike paid him a high tribute, when he said, "Credit for the attainment of independence should undoubtedly go to Mr. T.B. Jayah for his historic speech in passing the Dominion Bill".
Tuan Branudeen Jayah was born on January 1, 1890 at Galagedera. He died on May 31, 1960, at Jennathul Baqi, Medina - the resting place of Assabis and members of the Holy Prophet's family.