Sinhala Maha Sabha

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Sinhalese Great Assembly
Sinhala Maha Sabha
Sinhala nameසිංහල මහා සභා
Tamil nameசிங்கள மகா சபை
FounderS. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Founded1936
Split fromUnited National Party
Merged intoUnited National Party
IdeologySinhalese Nationalism

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.