lanka, mahajana, sabha, other, uses, mahajana, party, disambiguation, ceylonese, political, party, founded, senanayake, 1919, affiliated, united, national, party, 1946, played, important, role, attainment, lanka, independence, 1948, members, included, first, p. For other uses see Mahajana Party disambiguation Lanka Mahajana Sabha was a Ceylonese political party founded by F R Senanayake in 1919 It was affiliated to the United National Party in 1946 and played an important role in attainment of Sri Lanka s independence in 1948 1 Its members included the first prime minister of Ceylon Don Stephen Senanayake his brother Don Charles Senanayake Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka Sir Wilfred de Soysa Dr Charles Alwis Hewavitharana and others 2 Henry Woodward Amarasuriya was the president of the party for 44 years 3 See also editCeylon National Congress Sri Lankan independence movementReferences edit Ethnicity and Nation building in South Asia Urmila Phadnis Rajat Ganguly p 289 D S Senanayake an unparalleled colossus Archived 2015 01 18 at the Wayback Machine Jayawickrama Amarasuriya Ancestry nbsp This article about a Sri Lankan political party is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lanka Mahajana Sabha amp oldid 1144781739, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
