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began a brutal suppression of the Sinhala Buddhist community by giving orders to the Police and the Army to shoot any one who they deemed a rioter without a trial, it is said that the numbers of Sinhalese killed this way were in the thousands. Many local leaders were imprisoned and
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and became a prominent figure in the Buddhist revival movement in Ceylon and in India; Edmund Hewavitharana; Simon Alexander Hewavitharana and Dona Engeltina née Moonesinghe.
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Dr. Hewavitharana was a member of the University College Ceylon Council. The Dr. C.A. Hewavitharana Memorial Prizes for Physics & Sanskrit are annually awarded at the
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in his memory. The Dr. C.A. Hewavitharana Memorial Prize for Physics is also annually awarded by the Faculty of Science,
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following the Muslim riots. Fearing an uprising the inexperienced
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on 2 June 1915 and on the advice of Inspector General of Police
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Don Carolis Hewavitharana
Mallika Dharmagoonewardena
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Anagarika Dharmapala
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Edmund Hewavitarne
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