Sinhala Maha Sabha
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Sinhalese Great Assembly Sinhala Maha Sabha | |
|---|---|
| Sinhala name | සිංහල මහා සභා |
| Tamil name | சிங்கள மகா சபை |
| Founder | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Merged into | United National Party |
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.
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