Independence Memorial Hall, National memorial in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Independence Memorial Hall stands in Independence Square, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo: an open-sided pavilion on a stepped stone platform, its low-pitched roof covered in reddish-brown tiles and edged with small pale ornaments. Rows of square stone pillars with carved capitals surround a central enclosed block bearing two circular medallions. A low balustrade with recessed panels lines the platform, and four carved stone lions sit on the lower steps. Its design follows the Magul Maduwa, the royal audience hall of the Kingdom of Kandy.

The hall commemorates the restoration of full governing responsibility to a Ceylonese-elected legislature on 4 February 1948. It stands where Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, opened the first parliament at a special podium that day. Eight architects led by Tom Neville Wynne-Jones designed it, modelling it on the Magul Maduwa, the Kandyan royal audience hall where the Kandyan Convention was signed on 5 March 1815. It later served as the ceremonial assembly hall for the Senate and House of Representatives of Ceylon.

The design copies the Magul Maduwa, the royal audience hall of the Kingdom of Kandy, where the Kandyan Convention was signed on 5 March 1815. The hall now hosts religious ceremonies and most annual National Independence Day celebrations, and the Independence Memorial Museum is housed in the same monument.

The site is open regularly for visitors and offers guided tours that cover the independence story. An attached museum displays documents and artifacts from that era in well-organized exhibitions.

The adjoining Independence Square becomes the center of national celebration every February 4, when crowds gather for official ceremonies. This annual event marks the date when the first parliament officially opened in 1948.