1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots
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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
A group of British appointed Kandyan chiefs, with Hon. J. P. Lewis, Government Agent, Central Province in 1905.
A Perahera procession organized in Kandy during the imperial tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901.
Punjabi Muslims of a British Indian Army Punjab Regiment, 1910.
A street scene in Kandy.
Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, was a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar. In later life, he served as the Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots
…Mirando, a leading businessmen was shot by the police and his death on 2 June was recorded as accidental. British Governor of Ceylon at the time was Sir Robert Chalmers, a career civil servant and a Pali scholar, who had spent 31 years in the HM Treasury before his appointment to Ceylon. Chalmers was holidaying at…
by André Cluysenaar (1872-1939), 1920. Oil on canvas, 68.5x49 cm. Government Art Collection(GAC).
Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers. Civil Servant and Pali scholar, in 1919.