Moragoda presents N.U. Jayawardena biography to grandson of the late Maharajah of Gwalior

Lankan High Commissioner in New Delhi Milinda Moragoda presented a copy of the biography of his late grandfather Deshamanya N.U. Jayawardena to Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian Civil Aviation Minister and Rajya Sabha member. Scindia is the grandson and scion of the late Maharajah of Gwalior who was closely associated with Moragoda’s late grandfather. In the 1950s, Jayawardena purchased the controlling interest of Wellawatte Spinning and Weaving Mills from the Maharajah. Wellawatte Spinning and Weaving Mills was the largest private industrial employer in Sri Lanka at that time. It was nationalised in 1976 by the United Front government. The biography was co-authored by N.U Jayawardena’s daughter-in-law, Kumari Jayawardena and granddaughter-in-law, Jennifer Moragoda.