F. B. Walgampahe

F. B. Walgampahe (18?? - 1915) was the Basnayaka Nilame (the Lay Chief) of the Ancient Temple of Gadaladeniya in Gampola, Kandy. He was accused as a instigator of the 1915 Ceylonese Riots by Herbert Dowbiggin, the Inspector General of Police and died in the custody of the colonial authorities in the early part of the riots.[1][2]

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  1. ↑ Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South ... By Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah
  2. ↑ "Memorandum upon recent disturbances in Ceylon"
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