Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputhra Pakshaya (Sinhala Sons of the Soil Party), a minor SinhalaBuddhistchauvinistpolitical party in Sri Lanka. SMBP is led by Dr. Harischandra Wijetunga. {{language |name=Sinhala |nativename=à·à·à¶à·à¶½ |region=[[Sri Lanka] |speakers=13 million |familycolor=Indo-European |fam2=Indo-Iranian |fam3=Indo-Aryan |fam4=Sinhalese-Maldivian |nation=Sri Lanka |iso1=si|iso2=sin|iso3=sin |notice=Indic}} Sinhala (also Sinhalese, formerly Singhalese) is the language spoken by the Sinhalese, the largest ethnic group of... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, SiddhÄrtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... Chauvinism is extreme and unreasoning partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs, especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred towards a rival group. ... A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...
In the 1994 presidential elections Wijetunga stood as the SMBP candidate. He polled 32 651 votes (0.43%). 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
For some time SMBP was a member of the United National Front, but left it just ahead of the 2001 elections. The United National Front is a alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by the United National Party and the Ceylon Workers Congress. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...