Sinhala name සිංහල මහා සභා Founded 1936 | Tamil name சிங்கள மகா சபை Merged into United National Party | |
Founder S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike | ||
The Sinhala Maha Sabha (Sinhala:සිංහල මහා සභා) was a political party in Sri Lanka (Ceylon at the time) founded by Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike in 1934-35, in order to promote Sinhalese culture and community interests. Backing the United National Party from 1946, it left the UNP with Bandaranaike in 1951 to form the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
References
Sinhala Maha Sabha Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA