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The Legislative Council building in Colombo Fort. The building was used by the Senate of Ceylon between 1947 and 1971. Today it is known as the Republic Building and houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1833, along with the Executive Council of Ceylon, on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission. It was the first form of representative government in the island. The 1931 Donoughmore Constitution replaced the Legislative Council with the State Council of Ceylon.
Members of the Legislative Council, used the post-nominal letters, MLC.[1]
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franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It replaced the LegislativeCouncilofCeylon, the colony's original legislative body. There were only...
with the LegislativeCouncilofCeylon in March 1833. The 1833 Colebrooke-Cameron Commission recommended the creation of the LegislativeCouncil and the...
Executive Council and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Ceylon. The governor was the head of the British colonial administration in Ceylon, reporting...
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Justice ofCeylon, Sir Richard Ottley, given before the Commission, appointed in connection with the establishment of a legislativecouncil in Ceylon. Burghers...
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member of the State CouncilofCeylon (1936–1947), member for Colombo Central (1947–1950) Mohamed Khalid Saldin (1870–1944), nominated member of the State...
religious studies and philosophy. Ramanathan was appointed to the LegislativeCouncilofCeylon in 1879 as the unofficial member representing Tamils, replacing...
was elected to the Legislative CouncilofCeylon from the Kegalle District. In the legislativecouncil he was a member of the committee on higher education...
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of the LegislativeCouncilofCeylon (1865–1872). James Adrianus Martensz was born on 28 October 1825 in Colombo, Ceylon, the oldest son (second of four...
his services on the LegislativeCouncilofCeylon. Upon his retirement he returned to England becoming the chairman of the Ceylon Association in London...
Municipal Magistrate. The Moors ofCeylonof the time, incoherent though, yet made calls for representation in the LegislativeCouncil to which Abdul Rahman was...
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