The "Sura Virodhi Vyaparaya" against alcoholism launched by Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala in 1895, was seen by the British rulers as a direct attack on their regime which were rented out taverns to get revenue for government coffers.
"Sura Virodhi Vyaparaya" mod alkoholisme, som blev iværksat i 1895 af Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala, blev af de britiske herskere set som et direkte angreb på deres regime, der lejede kroer ud for at skabe indkomst til statskassen.