Madawala

Madawala is a village in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.

Madawala
Village
Madawala
Coordinates: 7.328331°N 80.673552°E / 7.328331; 80.673552
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province
DistrictKandy District
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)

Madawala is popular for its Madina Central College (National School) or also known as Madina Central College, is one of the leading Tamil/English medium schools in Sri Lanka, which is situated in this village.

Madawala has come into spotlight mainly due to the negative events such as the event that took place in the year 1999 when the opposing political factions took up arms to fight against each other which was only stopped when the Government forces intervened and the more recent event in 2001 where 10 Muslim boys who supported the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress were shot dead by then Government Party activists.[1][2][3]

Recently Ashraff Memorial Building[4] was built in the grounds of Madawala Madina Central college (http://madinacc.sch.lk) in memory of M. H. M. Ashraff who was the founder of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress. This area is well linked with the Kandy city by good road network.

See also

References
  1. "Curfew again as violence continues". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 9 December 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. Farook, Faraza; de Silva, Nilika (16 December 2001). "It's him, say Madawala survivors". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. "Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka: killing of ten supporters of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC), as a result of parliamentary elections". Geneva, Switzerland: World Organisation Against Torture. 17 December 2001. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  4. "Ashraff Memorial Hospital".
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