Sinhala Maha Sabha Explained

Sinhalese Great Assembly
Native Name:Sinhala Maha Sabha
Lang1:Sinhala
Name Lang1:සිංහල මහා සභා
Lang2:Tamil
Name Lang2:சிங்கள மகா சபை
Founder:S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Founded:1936
Split:United National Party (in 1951)
Merged:United National Party (in 1946)
Successor:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Ideology:Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism
Country:Sri Lanka

The Sinhala Maha Sabha (si|සිංහල මහා සභා) was a political party in colonial-era Ceylon founded by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike in the mid-1930s to promote Sinhalese Buddhist culture and community interests. In 1946, it joined the United National Party, before leaving the coalition in 1951 to form the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.