Sinhala Maha Sabha

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
Politics of Sri Lanka Political parties Elections

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.

Larger	TNA Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (Democratic People's Liberation Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization

Smaller	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Democratic Tamil National Front Democratic People’s Congress Eelam People's Democratic Party Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (Eelavar Democratic Front) Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (Sri wing) Tamil United Liberation Front

Others outside parliament

Former political parties

Former political alliances

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