Sinhalese Great Assembly Sinhala Maha Sabha | |
|---|---|
| Sinhala name | සිංහල මහා සභා |
| Tamil name | சிங்கள மகா சபை |
| Founder | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Split from | United National Party 1951 |
| Merged into | United National Party 1946 |
| Ideology | Sinhalese Nationalism |
The Sinhala Maha Sabha (Sinhala: සිංහල මහා සභා) was a political party in Ceylon, founded by Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike in 1934–5, in order to promote Sinhalese Buddhist culture and community interests. It backed the United National Party from 1946; and left the coalition in 1951 to form the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
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