What the records say
- When
- 28 May 1915 – 30 Aug 1915
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 7.00° N, 81.00° E
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots
1915 period of ethnic violence in colonial Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
The 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots was a widespread and prolonged ethnic riot in the island of Ceylon between Sinhalese Buddhists and the Ceylon Moors. The riots were eventually suppressed by the British colonial authorities.
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