1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots

rdf:langString 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots

rdf:langString Reported fatalities and injuries

rdf:langString Damage

rdf:langString N/A

rdf:langString Ceylon

rdf:langString Attempt to prevent an attack on a Buddhist procession by Indian Moors

rdf:langString Brig. Gen. H. H. L. Malcolm,

rdf:langString Herbert Dowbiggin

rdf:langString Rioting, looting, assault, robbery, assault, murder

rdf:langString Central Province, Western Province and Sabaragamuwa, British Ceylon

rdf:langString Shops, homes destroyed

rdf:langString The 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots (also known as the anti-Muslim riots of 1915 or the 1915 Buddhist Mohammedan riots or the 1915 Ceylonese 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. The riots started in Kandy in the night of 28 May 1915 and spread to neighbouring villages on 30 May and to Colombo on 31 May and other towns there after. It was suppressed by 9 June with final incidents occurring on 11 May in Chilaw. Taking place at the time when the First World War was raging in Europe, the British authorities fearing that the riots were possibly a rebellion against colonial; in response, martial law was first declared in the Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces on 2 June, extended to other provinces in the following days, and terminated on 30 August. During the suppression of the rebellion, colonial forces supplemented by European auxiliaries carried out numerous summary executions and other repressive measures in an attempt to put an end to the riots.