Madawala is a village in the
Central Province of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
Madawala is popular for its
Madina National School or also known as
Madina Central College
Madina Central College is a school situated in Kandy District, Kandy district, Madawala, Sri Lanka. It is a mixed school that has about 3,150 students and about 120 teachers. The principal and vice principal are Abdul Raheem and Mr. J.M. Zarook ...
, is one of the leading Tamil/English medium schools in Sri Lanka, which is situated in this village.
Madawala Bazaar is a Village situated in Kandy District with a population of all kind of activists with Professionals and Businessmen. The Sri Lanka's most highlighted Author & Reporter, Mr.Latheef Farook was born in this Village with Sri Lanka's Prime inventor of Mineral produces Late Alhaj Azeez Muhammedh Rauf also was born in Madawala Bazaar. The other highlighted professionals such a School Teachers, Leading Lawyers such as Mr.Faiz Musthafa, Mr.Ahmed Jameel and Late Dr. Lafeer was born in Madawala Bazaar.
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
A political faction is a group of individuals that share a common political purpose but differs in some respect to the rest of the entity. A faction within a group or political party may include fragmented sub-factions, "parties within a party," ...
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
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
boys who supported the
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ( ta, சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ், translit=Srīlaṅkā Muslīm Kāṅkiras; si, ශ්රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්රස ...
were shot dead by then Government Party activists.
Recently Ashraff Memorial Building
was built in the grounds of Madawala Madina Central college (http://madinacc.sch.lk) in memory of
M. H. M. Ashraff
Mohammed Hussain Mohammed Ashraff ( ta, முகம்மது ஹுசைன் முகம்மது அஷ்ரப்; 23 October 1948 – 16 September 2000 ) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, government minister and founder/lead ...
who was the founder of
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ( ta, சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ், translit=Srīlaṅkā Muslīm Kāṅkiras; si, ශ්රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්රස ...
. This area is well linked with the Kandy city by good road network.
See also
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Bazaar
A bazaar () or souk (; also transliterated as souq) is a marketplace consisting of multiple small Market stall, stalls or shops, especially in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa and India. However, temporary open markets elsewhere, suc ...
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Populated places in Central Province, Sri Lanka