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.