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About Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe
- Mudaliar Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe, also known as Ahamedlebbe Sinnalebbe (born 2 June 1902), was a former Member of Parliament representing Batticaloa District. At the 1st parliamentary election held in 1947 Sinne Lebbe ran, as the United National Party candidate, in the seat of Batticaloa.
- He received 4,740 votes (35.4% of the total vote) defeating four other Independents. On 16 January 1948 Sinne Lebbe tabled before parliament the following motion; "Subsequent to signing the Upcountry Agreement in 1815, I hereby propose to this honourable assembly that the royal flag of King Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe depicting on a yellow background a lion carrying a sword in its right paw, on a red background as the official flag of independent Ceylon." The motion however was drafted by J.
- R.
- Jayewardene, the member for Kelaniya, who persuaded Sinne Lebbe to move the motion, as he was a Muslim thereby creating confusion amongst any likely opposition by the Tamil members of parliament.
- The motion was seconded by A.
- Ekanayake Gunasinha, the member for Colombo Central Electoral District.
- Sinne Lebbe did not participate in the ensuing debate.As a result of the opposition to the motion, the Prime Minister D.
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- Senanayake, on 27 January 1948, formed of a parliamentary committee, which resulted in the royal flag, with the addition of two strips of orange and green, being adopted as the national flag.Sinne Lebbe sought to be re-elected at the 2nd parliamentary election held in May 1952 but was unsuccessful losing to R.
- B.
- Kadramer, an Independent, by 3,460 votes (Sinne Lebbe only securing 41% of the total vote).Both Sinne Lebbe's son, Abdul Lathiff and his grandson, Ahamed Rizvi, served as members of parliament representing Batticaloa in 1965-1970 and 1985-1989 respectively.
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