{"id":482,"count":1,"description":"When Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka on 2 March 1972, William Gopallawa (17 September 1896 \u2013 31 January 1981)  became the first President. He stepped down from office in February 1978. Gopallawa served as the last Governor-General of Ceylon. Gopallawa married Seelawathie Rambukwella Gopallawa; they had 5 children. One died early on while he was still working in Matale.","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/topic\/william-gopallawa\/","name":"William Gopallawa","slug":"william-gopallawa","taxonomy":"topic","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/topic"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq?topic=482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}