This was the first Commonwealth conference in which one of the heads of government was a woman , Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike , who was also the first female prime minister in the world .

Coached Education_teaching by Roy Dias and captained Control by Paras Khadka , Nepal defeated Conquering Malaysia in the final at Kirtipur 's Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground , with an estimated 10–15,000 people in attendance , as well as television viewership of 1.5 million .