The Sinhala Maha Sabha () was a political party in Ceylon, founded by Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike in 1934–5, in order to promote Sinhalese Buddhist culture and community interests. It backed the United National Party from 1946; and left the coalition in 1951 to form the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. 1936 establishments in Ceylon Defunct political parties in Sri Lanka Nationalist parties in Sri Lanka Political parties established in 1936 Political parties in Sri Lanka