The crops include rice, tea, rubber, pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, vegetables and various types spices.

[citation needed] Mawanella is historically famous for Uthuwan Kande Soora Saradiel - a native who fought against British colonialism.

He is known as the Robin Hood of Ceylon/ Sri Lanka as he looted the wealth from British officers and their local counterparts only to distribute it among the poor villagers.

Deekirikewagela Saradiel was born in 1832 to his father Deekirikewage Adasi Appu - a bullocart driver and Molligoda Pichohami - a small coffee shop owner.

In order to evade his arrest, Saradiel, decided not to remain in one single place permanently, for the sake of his own safety.

While he was thus taking refuge in the homes of his friends, on March 17, 1864, a police team under the command of Head Constable Amath surrounded the house where Saradiel had been hiding, with the help of some of the residents of that area who had given them the tip-off, which resulted in the death on the spot of George Van Haught, a member of the police search party, due to a gunshot wound.

Also, while Muttusamy and Christian Appu, two of his other accomplices received grievous injuries and two others were slightly injured, while they were thus engaged in the fracas, Saradiel and Mammale Marikkar succeeded in escaping.

Based on this information, when the Police team surrounded the house belonging to Abdul Cader of Mawenelle searching for Saradiel, he attempted to shoot Sergeant Mahath.

Due to a gunshot fired from the upstairs by Mammale Marikkar, a member of Saradiel’s gang, the Police Constable Saban was killed.