MADDUMA BANDARA

 Madduma bandara is the name of one of our national heroes. he is a child hero.he lived during the reign of sri wickrama rajasinghe. the last king of ceylon. his father was one of the king’s ministers. his name was ehelepola. ehelepola didn’t obey the king’s orders. he fled away and hid in a remote place. the king was very angry.he ordered that ehelepola’s family be killed. they were brought to bogambara by the king’s men. it was madduma bandara’s elder brother who had to face death first. but dared not to come forward. thus the name of madduma bandaraq was written in our history.