A Thuppahi Journey
Panoramic view of Galle Face Colombo, Sri Lanka around 1880s-1900, looking south from Galle Road (later this path became the Galle Road), ClubHouse & Galleface Hotel (far right) showing in the background……… Lankapura …. https://lankapura.com/2011/04/panoramic-view-galle-face-green-colombo/
This photo is from HW Cave, Book of Ceylon, p 53
Satyagraha confrontations over Sinhala Only at Galle Face Green in 1956 …. with SJV Chelvanyagam as one of the prominent satygrahis and … LH Mettananda as an intervening ‘admonisher’
.… followed by the forcible removal of the satyagrahis
BUT ALSO SEE …. https://thuppahis.com/2022/10/22/galle-face-green-in-colombo-over-the-decades/
AND search web by typing in “Aragalaya” + “Thuppah1“