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2008:. His dispatches and a telegram to the Colonial office supporting Independence for Ceylon have been cited by historians as having helped the Senanayake government to secure the independence of Sri Lanka. The shrewd cooperation with the British as well as diverting the needs of the war market to Ceylonese markets as a supply point, managed by Oliver Goonatilleke, also led to a very favourable fiscal situation for the newly independent government.
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Ceylon was minuscule, limited to the
English educated intelligentsia and trade unions, mainly in the urban centres. These groups were led by Robert Gunawardena, Philip's brother. In stark contrast to this "heroic" but ineffective approach to the war, the Senanayake government took advantage of the war to further its rapport with the commanding elite. Ceylon became crucial to the British Empire in the war, with
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11.0% respectively. The censuses show that during a large period of time in the history of Ceylon, Indian Tamils outnumbered Ceylon Tamils until between 1971 and 1981 when more than 50 per cent of the Indian Tamil population were repatriated as Indian citizens back to India. However, many Indian Tamils were also granted Sri Lankan citizenship whereupon declared themselves as Sri Lankan Tamils.
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1726:, and their leaders became refugees in London. No longer able to govern their part of the island effectively, the Dutch transferred the rule of it to the British, although this was against the wishes of the Dutch residing there. The capture of the island immediately yielded £300,000 of money in goods, as well as the acquisition of the
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independence by gradual modification of the status of Ceylon, and the more radical groups associated with the
Colombo Youth League, Labour movement of Goonasinghe, and the Jaffna Youth Congress. These organizations were the first to raise the cry of Swaraj, or outright independence, following the Indian example, when
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historian has pointed out that the refusal of the Ceylon Tamils to accept minority status to be one of the main causes which broke up the CNC. The CNC did not seek independence or "Swaraj". What may be called the independence movement broke into two streams, viz., the "constitutionalists", who sought
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grouped together. By 1911 Indian Tamils were shown as a separate category. The population statistics reveal that by 1911, Indian Tamils constituted 12.9%, whereas Sri Lankan Tamils formed 12.8% of the population of 4,106,400; in 1921, 13.4% and 11.5%; in 1931, 15.2% and 11.3%, and in 1946, 11.7% and
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Sinhalese and the Tamils who were mainly concentrated to the north of the country while ignoring the other ethnic groups on the island. Nevertheless, the
British also introduced democratic elements to Sri Lanka for the first time in its history. The Burghers were given some degree of self-government
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bombed
Colombo, which led to the flight of Indian merchants, dominant in the Colombo commercial sector. This flight removed a major political problem facing the Senanayake government. Marxist leaders also escaped, to India, where they participated in the independence struggle there. The movement in
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Censuses in Ceylon began in 1871 and continued every ten years. The 1881 census shows a total population of 2.8 million, consisting of 1.8 million
Sinhalese; 687,000 Ceylon and Indian Tamils; 185,000 Moors; as well as 4,800 Europeans; 17,900 Burghers and Eurasians; 8,900 Malays; 2,200 Veddhas; and
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The constitutionalists, led by D. S. Senanayake, (the first prime minister) succeeded in winning independence. The
Soulbury constitution was essentially what Senanayake's board of ministers had drafted in 1944. The promise of Dominion status, and independence itself, had been given by the Colonial
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rejected these submissions by
Ponnambalam, and even noted their unacceptable communal character. Sinhalese writers pointed out the large immigration of Tamils to the southern urban centres, especially after the opening of the Jaffna-Colombo railway. Meanwhile, Senanayake, Baron Jayatilleke, Oliver
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It took the ruling families of Kandy less than two years to realise that the authority of the
British government was a fundamentally different one to that of the (deposed) Nayakkar dynasty. Soon the Kandyans rebelled against the British and waged a guerrilla war. Discontent with British activities
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Vikrama Rajasinghe was not favoured by his chieftains. The king, who was of South Indian ancestry, faced powerful chieftains and sought cruel measures to repress their popularity with the people. A successful coup was organised by the Sinhala chiefs in which they accepted the
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The multiracial population of Ceylon was numerous enough to support the
European colonists; the Portuguese and the Dutch offspring of the past 440 odd years of colonial history was large enough to run a stable government. Unlike the previous rulers, the British embarked on a plantation programme
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using Colombo as his headquarters for the Eastern Theater. Oliver Goonatilleka successfully exploited the markets for the country's rubber and other agricultural products to replenish the treasury. Nonetheless, Sinhalese continued to agitate for independence and Sinhalese sovereignty, using the
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a protectorate, an offer initially refused by the King of Kandy. Although the previous Dutch administration had not been powerful enough to threaten the reign of the Kandyan Kings, the British were much more powerful. The Kandyan refusal to accept a protectorate led eventually (1803) to the 1st
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when they were invited by the Sinhalese King to fight the Portuguese. It was in 1639 that the Dutch attacked in earnest but ended with an agreement (which was disrespected by both parties), and not until 1656 that Colombo fell. By 1660 the Dutch controlled the whole island except the kingdom of
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During World War II, Sri Lanka was a front-line British base against the Japanese. Opposition to the war in Sri Lanka was orchestrated by Marxist organizations. The leaders of the LSSP pro-independence agitation were arrested by the Colonial authorities. On 5 April 1942, the
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Kandy. The Dutch (who were Protestants) persecuted the Catholics (the left-over Portuguese settlers) but left the Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims alone. However, they taxed the people far more heavily than the Portuguese had done. A mixed Dutch-Sri Lankan people known as
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Between 1796 and 1948, Ceylon was a British Crown colony. Although the British monarch was the head of state, in practice his or her functions were exercised in the colony by the colonial Governor, who acted on instructions from the British government in London.
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who had rejected the "Ceylonese identity". Ponnamblam had declared himself a "proud Dravidian", and attempted to establish an independent identity for the Tamils. Ponnamblam was a politician who attacked the Sinhalese, and their historical chronicle known as the
2044:, crewed by Ceylonese, attempted to expel the British. It has been claimed that the LSSP had some hand in the action, though this is far from clear. Three of the participants were the only British Subject Peoples to be shot for "mutiny" during World War II.
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British Crown as their new sovereign. This ended the line of the kingdom of Kandy and King Rajasinghe was taken as a prisoner, ending his hope that the British would allow him to retain power. The Kandyan treaty which was signed in 1815 was called the
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of the kind the Kandyans had fought against European powers for centuries, was centred on the Kandyan nobility and their unhappiness with developments under British rule since 1815. However it was the last uprising of this kind and in the
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cultivation, and by the mid-19th century Ceylon tea had become a staple of the British market, bringing great wealth to a small class of European tea planters. To work the estates, the planters imported large numbers of Tamil workers as
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The Sinhalese leader Don Stephen Senanayake left the CNC on the issue of independence, disagreeing with the revised aim of 'the achieving of freedom', although his real reasons were more subtle. He subsequently formed the
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while some of them desired to leave the country. The Buddhist majority disliked Portuguese occupation and its influences and welcomed any power who might rescue them and defeat the Portuguese. In 1602, therefore, when the
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Gunatilleke and others lobbied the Soulbury Commission without confronting them officially. The unofficial submissions contained what was to later become the draft constitution of 1944.
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as early as 1833. It was not until 1909 that constitutional development began with a partly elected assembly, and not until 1920 that elected members outnumbered official appointees.
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into the hands of the British Empire. It ended over 2300 years of Sinhalese monarchy rule on the island. The British rule on the island lasted until 1948 when the country regained
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and made them indentured labourers in the Hill Country. This was in addition to the several hundred thousand Tamils already living in the Maritime provinces and another 30,000
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With its trading ports of Trincomalee and Colombo, the colony was one of the very few sources of cinnamon in the world. The spice was extremely valuable, and the British
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arrived in 1505, finding the island divided into seven warring kingdoms and unable to fend off intruders. The Portuguese founded a fort at the port city of
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of 1931–1947, one of a series of attempts to create a workable solution that would allow for inter-communal differences. This was replaced by the
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was the most important result of the agitation for constitutional reform in the 1930s. The Tamil leadership had by then fallen into the hands of
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was introduced in 1931, over the protests of the Sinhalese, Tamil and Burgher elite who objected to the common people being allowed to vote.
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and stated the terms under which the Kandyans would live as a British protectorate. The Buddhist religion was to be given protection by
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in 1517 and gradually extended their control over the coastal areas. In 1592 the Sinhalese moved their capital to the inland city of
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from south India, who soon made up 10% of the island's population. These workers lived in harsh conditions and were accommodated in
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and other Indian leaders visited Ceylon in 1926. The efforts of the constitutionalists led to the arrival of the
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recommendations, which essentially upheld the 1944 draft constitution of the Board of ministers headed by
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Dr. Jane Russell, Communal Politics under the Donoughmore constitution. Tisara Prakasakyo, Dehivala, 1982
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began to cultivate it in 1767, but Ceylon remained the main producer until the end of the 18th century
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movement and reduced to penury. The British found that the uplands of Sri Lanka were very suited to
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which initially brought coffee plantations to the island. These were later wiped out by
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Ellman, A.O.; Ratnaweera, D. De S.; Silva, K.T.; Wickremasinghe, G. (January 1976).
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Administration based in India; a jurisdiction distinct from India
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Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Indentities
2794:"The British duplicity in protecting human rights in Sri Lanka"
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K. M. de Silva, University of Ceylon History of Ceylon, p. 225
2499:. Population Growth: C.I.C.R.E.D. Series. 1974. pp. 3–4.
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The first Europeans to visit Ceylon in modern times were the
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sri Lanka
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On the approach to self-government and independence, the
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were religiously persecuted and forced to retreat to the
2601:"King Sri wickrama rajasinghe: Sri Lanka's last monarch"
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annexed the Kingdom of Kandy to British Ceylon in 1817.
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The island attracted the attention of the newly formed
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included the whole island of Ceylon, now the nation of
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until 1948, primarily to control the sea lanes of the
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6537:. Iraq's mandate was not enacted and replaced by the
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Source: Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka
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Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies
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Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies
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The Censuses of 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 had shown
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landed, the king of Kandy appealed to him for help.
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2694:"Uva Wellassa The Great Liberation War: 1817–1818"
2623:"The 1815 Kandyan Convention at the Audience Hall"
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1624:Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
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2966:Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914
2773:"Anglophiles, Eurocentric arrogance and Reality"
2683:Virtual Library Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
2681:Keppetipola and the Uva The Great Liberation War
2649:Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914
2344:was an important strategic base for the British
3098:. Archived from the original on 7 November 2001
2717:. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017
27:British Crown colony (1796–1948); now Sri Lanka
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7482:South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
7360:South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
5386:Board of Commissioners of Currency of Ceylon
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3377:Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict
2854:http://www.dawn.com/events/millennium/12.htm
541:• Establishment of dual administration
3010:"Edmund Samarakkody kept faith to the last"
1802:The rebellion, which soon developed into a
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4035:Deputy speaker and chairman of committees
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3092:"Asia Times: SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY"
6543:Legitimacy of territorial establishment
5613:Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon
3294:. U. of California Press. Archived from
3263:, Colombo, KVG de Silva & Sons, 1991
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52:Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies
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1251:Periodization of Sri Lanka history:
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6182:. British Cameroons is now part of
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2792:Keerthisinghe, Lakshman I. (2013).
2055:formed the 'Lanka Regiment' of the
2011:
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6198:unilaterally declared independence
5893:1708–1757, 1763–1782 and 1798–1802
5310:General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
5237:General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
2751:"Torture tree of the British Army"
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2771:Müller, J. B. (6 November 2010).
1952:, were aided in this struggle by
1827:Following the suppression of the
1757:, ending Ceylonese independence.
1680:In 1669, the British sea captain
166:British Ceylon map, published in
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5673:Military awards and decorations
5638:Bible translations into Sinhala
5559:Sinhala words of English origin
3759:Crisis of the Sixteenth Century
3555:තුඩපත් මඟින් හෙළිවන සිංහල උරුමය
3335:The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon
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6303:since 1965 (before as part of
6300:British Indian Ocean Territory
6186:, while Tanganyika is part of
5817:since 1960 (before as part of
3729:Chola conquest of Anuradhapura
3532:. University of Hawaii Press.
3415:The American Historical Review
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5594:Methodist Church in Sri Lanka
5129:Legislative Council of Ceylon
5084:Colebrooke–Cameron Commission
4040:Deputy Chairman of Committees
3526:Wickramasinghe, Nira (2006).
3208:"In search of a new identity"
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566:Signing of Kandyan Convention
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5758:British Overseas Territories
3498:Wenzlhuemer, Roland (2008).
2662:Lessons on British 'decency'
2462:"The British Empire in 1924"
1193:from 1802 to 1833, then the
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7474:British Antarctic Territory
7184:Western Pacific Territories
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5628:Sri Lanka Baptist Sangamaya
5300:British Military in Ceylon
3338:. Continuum International.
3288:Malalgoda, Kitsiri (1976).
3210:. Frontline. Archived from
2493:The Population of Sri Lanka
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2262:Executive Council of Ceylon
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2252:British Governors of Ceylon
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6629:British Arctic Territories
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5304:Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon
5002:Great Rebellion of 1817–18
4127:State Intelligence Service
3459:Cambridge University Press
3374:Spencer, Jonathan (1990).
3353:Schrikker. Alicia (2007).
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3398:(1982). pp. 239–488
3332:Peebles, Patrick (2001).
3311:Peebles, Patrick (2006).
3267:Mills, Lennox A. (1933).
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5663:Maldivian Annual Tribute
5438:Indian Ocean slave trade
5343:Ceylon National Congress
5094:Donoughmore Constitution
4266:Administrative divisions
4144:Sri Lanka Police Service
4050:Leader of the Opposition
3693:Sri Lanka (1948–present)
3314:The History of Sri Lanka
2964:Christie, Nikki (2016).
2954:(2007) 41#5 pp. 925–965.
2715:"Wellassa riots in 1818"
2647:Christie, Nikki (2016).
2412:
2276:Donoughmore Constitution
1913:Ceylon National Congress
1881:Ceylon Under the British
1409:Post-classical Sri Lanka
859:Anuradhapura from Rohana
7923:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
7265:1919–1942 and 1945–1968
7090:18th and 19th centuries
6906:Queen Charlotte Islands
6866:North-Western Territory
6838:1665–1674 and 1702–1776
6441:1781–1784 and 1795–1819
6106:1923–1965 and 1979–1980
5789:Commonwealth of Nations
5623:The Pentecostal Mission
5599:American Ceylon Mission
5554:Sri Lankan Creole Malay
5134:State Council of Ceylon
5059:South East Asia Command
4345:Knuckles Mountain Range
4340:Hanthana Mountain Range
4281:Divisional Secretariats
4236:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
3663:Pre Anuradhapura period
3233:van Langenberg, Cyril.
2247:Government and military
1942:Lanka Sama Samaja Party
1932:reforms (1931) and the
1606:Constitutional monarchy
530:Capture of Dutch Ceylon
8049:19th century in Ceylon
7015:West Indies Federation
6204:) and continued as an
5787:Current member of the
5353:Sri Lankan nationalism
5089:Donoughmore Commission
5049:Ceylon in World War II
4823:International rankings
4464:Science and technology
4449:Information technology
4162:Provincial governments
3935:Administrative Service
3896:Constitutional Council
2651:. Pearson. p. 53.
2580:www.worldstatesmen.org
2555:www.worldstatesmen.org
2530:www.worldstatesmen.org
2306:Ceylon in World War II
2272:Donoughmore Commission
2038:proletarian revolution
2030:Lord Louis Mountbatten
2018:Ceylon in World War II
2006:Lord Louis Mountbatten
1930:Donoughmore Commission
1585:Contemporary Sri Lanka
1493:Early Modern Sri Lanka
883:Kingdom of Dambadeniya
871:Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
468:Don Stephen Senanayake
110:(1796–1837; 1901–1948)
6937:Saint Kitts and Nevis
6208:state until the 1979
5814:Akrotiri and Dhekelia
5618:Lanka Lutheran Church
5368:Jaffna Youth Congress
5348:Native headmen system
5106:Soulbury Constitution
5034:1906 malaria outbreak
4923:British Ceylon period
4241:United National Party
4060:Chief Opposition Whip
4055:Chief Government Whip
3804:Independence movement
3688:British Ceylon period
3429:10.1086/ahr.115.2.428
3259:Arsecularatne, S. N,
3235:"The Volunteer Force"
2627:Rootsweb.ancestry.com
2370:British Empire portal
2097:Historical population
2074:United National Party
1962:Vivienne Goonewardene
1901:Independence movement
1813:scorched earth policy
1288:Prehistoric Sri Lanka
1229:British Ceylon period
1071:Republic of Sri Lanka
1020:British Ceylon period
852:437 BCE–1017 CE
835:Kingdom of Tambapanni
517:British Ceylon period
245:Common languages
18:British Ceylon period
7837:United Arab Emirates
7465:Realm of New Zealand
7463:(transferred to the
7450:(transferred to the
7283:Realm of New Zealand
6884:Prince Edward Island
6762:1671–1816, 1833–1960
5289:Ceylon Defence Force
5195:Ceylon Civil Service
5054:Cocos Islands mutiny
5039:1915 Ceylonese riots
4667:World Heritage Sites
3520:Modern Asian Studies
3450:Modern Asian Studies
3396:History of Sri Lanka
3380:. Psychology Press.
3072:on 11 September 2001
2952:Modern Asian Studies
2402:History of Sri Lanka
2312:Ceylon Defence Force
2300:Ceylon Defence Force
2057:Indian National Army
1850:indentured labourers
1722:, were conquered by
1675:Joris van Spilbergen
1590:Sri Lanka since 1948
1186:Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai
1096:Sri Lanka portal
1049:Sri Lanka since 1948
847:Anuradhapura kingdom
7986: /
7864:limited recognition
7496:Since 2009 part of
7388:of April–June 1982.
6975:Trinidad and Tobago
6589:Antigua and Barbuda
6489:Straits Settlements
5604:Batticotta Seminary
5271:Financial Secretary
5101:Soulbury Commission
5044:Suriya-Mal Movement
5029:Temperance movement
4216:Electoral districts
4065:Secretaries-General
4045:Leader of the House
3985:Magistrate's Courts
3678:Transitional period
3668:Anuradhapura period
3438:Sivasundaram, Sujit
3406:Sivasundaram, Sujit
3187:. CI.CR.É.D. Series
3162:. CI.CR.É.D. Series
3020:on 10 December 2018
2667:17 May 2022 at the
2342:Trincomalee Harbour
2280:Soulbury Commission
2098:
1998:Soulbury Commission
1990:universal franchise
1977:Soulbury Commission
1958:Leslie Goonewardene
1934:Soulbury Commission
1642:Lourenço de Almeida
1396:Middle Anuradhapura
1218:British possessions
948:Kingdom of Sitawaka
926:Transitional period
740:Vanni chieftaincies
656:Ceylonese rixdollar
485:Legislative Council
6648:Cape Breton Island
6539:Anglo-Iraqi Treaty
6381:Unfederated States
6196:Southern Rhodesia
5783:Commonwealth realm
5549:Sri Lankan English
5338:Kandyan Convention
5246:Board of Ministers
5217:Colonial Secretary
5019:Kandyan Convention
5007:Kandyan Convention
4992:Invasion of Ceylon
4793:Capital punishment
4172:Municipal councils
3809:Dominion of Ceylon
3673:Polonnaruwa period
3055:, November 1, 1939
2941:Sujit Sivasundaram
2806:on 21 October 2013
2466:The British Empire
2284:Dominion of Ceylon
2096:
1966:Edmund Samarakkody
1954:Colvin R. de Silva
1950:Philip Gunawardena
1888:East India Company
1866:Universal suffrage
1774:Kandyan Convention
1767:Kandyan Convention
1761:Kandyan Convention
1755:Second Kandyan War
1660:while the coastal
1383:Early Anuradhapura
1178:பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை
1076:1972–present
1059:Dominion of Ceylon
895:Kingdom of Gampola
753:Dominion of Ceylon
227:– 4 February 1948)
196:– 12 October 1798)
113:God Save the Queen
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7906:other territories
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6719:Columbia District
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6104:Southern Rhodesia
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6048:Northern Rhodesia
5960:Cape of Good Hope
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5471:British buildings
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5174:Solicitor General
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4755:Traditional games
4606:Sexual Minorities
4335:Central Highlands
4226:Foreign relations
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4167:Local governments
4089:National security
3868:
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3860:Sexual Minorities
3774:Portuguese Ceylon
3522:(2007) 41:575–602
3504:. Leiden: Brill.
3359:. Leiden: Brill.
3206:SURYANARAYAN, V.
3136:Countrystudies.us
2876:Missing or empty
2392:Portuguese Ceylon
2290:was established.
2209:
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1981:G. G. Ponnambalam
1784:The Uva Rebellion
1724:Napoleonic France
1666:Central highlands
1654:Lowland Ceylonese
1629:
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606:Population
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254:(official)
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3709:Mahāvaṃsa
3599:Overviews
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3066:"Journal"
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2330:and both
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2197:6,657,300
2186:5,306,000
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2164:4,106,400
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1986:Mahavamsa
1833:enclosure
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1405:691–1017
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1269:Subperiod
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1210:Sri Lanka
806:Sri Lanka
778:Sri Lanka
667:(1825–71)
659:(1815–28)
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630:3,565,954
504:(1947–48)
496:(1931–47)
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3621:Timeline
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3408:(2010).
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2721:4 August
2665:Archived
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2356:See also
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2067:Post-war
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1728:cinnamon
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1598:Dominion
1530:Nayakkar
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1328:Iron Age
1306:Unknown
1303:300,000
1280:300,000
1113:Timeline
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7707:Jordan
7697:Israel
7657:Cyprus
7642:Brunei
7637:Bhutan
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7345:Guiana
7299:Tuvalu
6902:Quebec
6674:Canada
6615:Belize
6507:Weihai
6451:Penang
6439:Padang
6369:Malaya
6363:Labuan
6357:Kuwait
6333:Cyprus
6327:Ceylon
6321:Brunei
6293:Borneo
6287:Bhutan
6281:Bengal
6217:Zambia
6148:Uganda
5910:Africa
5883:Colony
5873:Malta
5831:Cyprus
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5803:Europe
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5423:Coffee
5312:(Army)
4875:Portal
4786:Issues
4695:Cinema
4618:Health
4584:Topics
4549:Rubber
4529:Coffee
4444:Energy
4377:Kelani
4362:Rivers
4291:Cities
4023:Office
3823:Topics
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3702:Epochs
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2156:+18.6%
2134:+15.0%
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1837:coffee
1263:Period
1260:Period
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7702:Japan
7677:India
7667:Egypt
7652:China
7297:and *
7263:Nauru
7257:Samoa
7231:Tonga
7190:Papua
6800:Nevis
6685:Upper
6679:Lower
6522:India
6387:Union
6345:India
6315:Burma
6271:Banka
6122:Sudan
6024:Natal
6006:Lagos
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5994:Ghana
5978:Egypt
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5413:Cocoa
5391:Rupee
4969:Years
4798:Crime
4750:Sport
4745:Radio
4730:Music
4705:Dance
4640:Media
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4601:Women
4591:Birth
4554:Sugar
4519:Cocoa
4479:Trade
4459:Rupee
4296:Towns
4189:Wards
3769:Kandy
3754:Kotte
3626:Years
3487:S2CID
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2183:1931
2178:+9.6%
2172:1921
2161:1911
2150:1901
2145:+9.0%
2139:1891
2128:1881
2117:1871
1861:caste
1671:Dutch
1662:Moors
1650:Kandy
1498:Kotte
1379:1454
1257:Dates
1174:Tamil
263:Tamil
201:Crown
7981:80°E
7772:Oman
7737:Laos
7692:Iraq
7687:Iran
7293:Now
7287:Now
7237:Niue
7178:Fiji
6880:1843
6808:1579
6528:and
6520:Now
6351:Java
6307:and
6273:and
6235:Asia
6215:Now
6173:Now
5251:List
5207:List
4715:Flag
4544:Rice
4534:Gems
4509:Beer
4382:Kalu
4112:Navy
4107:Army
3631:2024
3534:ISBN
3506:ISBN
3471:ISSN
3382:ISBN
3361:ISBN
3340:ISBN
3319:ISBN
3304:2012
3275:ISBN
3243:2012
3220:2012
3193:2012
3168:2012
3143:2017
3118:link
3104:2017
3078:2016
3026:2017
2928:link
2914:2009
2882:help
2861:2009
2840:2019
2812:2013
2758:2014
2737:link
2723:2009
2701:2014
2634:2017
2609:2019
2587:2023
2562:2023
2537:2023
2512:2014
2473:2017
2310:The
2260:and
2238:and
2106:Pop.
2102:Year
2051:and
1975:The
1968:and
1948:and
1911:The
1843:and
1700:and
1576:115
1552:133
1521:147
1515:223
1502:180
1471:109
1463:365
1450:177
1431:215
1418:326
1400:228
1387:900
1361:106
1337:457
1227:The
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