Temperance movement in Sri Lanka

The Temperance movement in Sri Lanka was motivated by Buddhism and anti-colonialism.

It was also a front line organisation in the National Independence Movement. Most of the early officers of the society were pioneers in gaining independence and "the Temperance Movement was identified as the foundation for the independence struggle and many were killed." The "Sura Virodhi Vyaparaya" against alcoholism launched by Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala in 1895, was seen by the British rulers as a direct attack on their regime which rented out taverns to get revenue for government coffers. At that time, there were 2,038 taverns. After the Temperance Movement agitation, there was a drastic drop to 190.^[1]

References

^ Nilika de Silva (4 February 2001). "Sri Lankans - independent or dependent on alcohol?". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 June 2012.

Coups, rebellions, and revolts in Sri Lanka

Attempted
coups and
rebellions

Monarchical Sri Lanka	Velakkara revolt (1084) First Polonnaruwa War of Succession (1110-1153) Queen Sugala rebellion (1157–1158) Ruhuna Rebellion (1160) Rajarata Rebellion (1168) Second Polonnaruwa War of Succession (1186–1187) Kandyan independence movement (1470s) Kangara arachchi Revolt (1603) 1st Kuruvita rala Revolt (1603) 2nd Kuruvita rala Revolt (1616–1619) Nikapitiye Bandara Revolt (1616–1617)
British Ceylon	Sri Lankan independence movement Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 (1817–1818) Matale rebellion (1848) Temperance movement (1895) Suriya-Mal Movement (1933–1939) Cocos Islands mutiny (1942)
Sri Lanka (1948–present)	1962 Ceylonese coup attempt (1962) 1966 alleged Ceylonese coup d'état attempt (1966) 1971 JVP insurrection (1971) Sri Lankan Civil War (1983) 1987–1989 JVP insurrection (1987–1989) 2015 alleged Sri Lankan coup d'état attempt (2015) 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis (2018)