Dominion of Ceylon information

Ceylon was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth. In...

Coconut trees and later a stupa. When Ceylon was granted independence from Britain as a dominion in 1948, the need of a new national emblem arose. A committee...

British Ceylon, 1815–1875 Flag of British Ceylon, 1875–1948 Sri Lanka (since 1948) Historical flags of Sri Lanka Flag of the Dominion of Ceylon, 1948–1951...

reporting to the Colonial Office. With Ceylon gaining self-rule and dominion status with the creation of Dominion of Ceylon in 1948, this office was replaced...

Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833, then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies...

establishment of the Dominion of Ceylon with Britain granting independence in 1948, work began to establish a regular military. The Army Act No. 17 of 1949 was...

into English as Ceylon. As a British crown colony, the island was known as Ceylon; it achieved independence as the Dominion of Ceylon in 1948. The country...

2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024. "SLNS Gajabahu returns from Red Sea". Ceylon Today. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024. "Red Sea crisis: SLN prepped...

several centuries, up from the time of British ruled Ceylon. There have been records of immigration from Ceylon to the UK during the 19th century. There...

The British Ceylon period is the history of Sri Lanka between 1815 and 1948. It follows the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom into the hands of the British...

It succeeded when, on 4 February 1948, Ceylon was granted independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. Dominion status within the British Commonwealth was...

This is a list of the heads of state of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), from the independence of the Dominion of Ceylon in 1948 to the present day. From...

The Parliament of Ceylon was the legislative body of British Ceylon & Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Constitution...

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (CPPCG), or the Genocide Convention, is an international treaty that criminalizes...

Constitution of 1972, its third constitution since the country received independence within the British Commonwealth as the Dominion of Ceylon in 1948, and...

Netherlands – Ceylon Heritage Colombo in Dutch Times Jacob Haafner. Travels Through The Island of Ceylon in 1783 The Dutch in Ceylon glimpse of their life...

History of Ceylon (PDF) (Eighth ed.). Colombo: Christian literature society for India and Africa. Codrington, H. W. (1926). A Short History Of Ceylon. London:...

This is a list of flags used in Sri Lanka. This flag was personal to every President of Sri Lanka, and as such the design changed when a new president...

Kingdom of Sitawaka and Kingdom of Kandy. Dom João Dharmapala handed it over to the Portuguese, thus leading to the formation of Portuguese Ceylon. The remainder...

and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) also became dominions, for short periods of time. With the transition of the British Empire into the Commonwealth of Nations...

The Charter of the United Nations (UN) is the foundational treaty of the United Nations. It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and overall...

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formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Muslims or Moors) are the minority ethnic group in Sri Lanka, comprising 9.3%[circular reference] of the...

preamble, its purpose was the "substantial reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers and the elimination of preferences, on a reciprocal and mutually advantageous...

independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. China For some clarification and more detail including the sovereignty status of the Republic of China, see the following...