Ceylon functioned as an independent constitutional monarchy in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign and head of state of the country. Ceylon shared...
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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...
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The Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party surged in 1964 following a split in the Ceylon Communist Party. Initially...
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verum (alternatively C. zeylanicum), known as "Ceylon cinnamon" after its origins in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), is considered to be "true cinnamon", but...
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Lanka Sama Samaja Party (redirect from Ceylon Equal Society Party)
Sri Lanka. It was the first political party in Sri Lanka (then British Ceylon), having been founded in 1935 by Leslie Goonewardene, N.M. Perera, Colvin...
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Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma (BLPI) was a revolutionary Trotskyist party which campaigned for independence and socialism in South...
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History of Sri Lanka (redirect from Ancient Ceylon)
Ceylon and Hollanders 1658–1796. (American Ceylon Mission Press, 1918). Pieris, Paulus Edward, Ceylon and the Portuguese 1505–1658. (American Ceylon Mission...
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The Ceylon Championships later known as the Sri Lankan Championships (1972–76) was a men's and women's national tennis tournament held at the Hill Club...
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Sri Lankan Portuguese creole (redirect from Ceylon Portuguese–Dutch Creole)
indicate past tense Ceylon Creole Dutch Sri Lanka Kaffir people Portuguese period in Ceylon Burgher people Dutch period in Ceylon Indo-Portuguese (Sri...
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25, 2024 – via Instagram. Nawzer, Shafiya (May 10, 2024). "Maya Dmitri". Ceylon Today. Retrieved June 4, 2024. Scanlan, Sean (December 11, 2023). "Miss...
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2.12 metres. All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10) Key o = Height cleared x = Height failed – = Height passed r = Retired SB = Season's...
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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...
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Stock Exchange (CSE) has 284 listings. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z "Listed Company Directory". cse.lk. Colomobo Stock Exchange...
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The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council...
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North Africa. During the colonial era, the Portuguese introduced the names "Ceylon Moors" and "Indian Moors" in South Asia and Sri Lanka, now official ethnic...
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Sri Lanka grey hornbill (redirect from Ceylon Grey Hornbill)
Chordata Class: Aves Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Bucerotidae Genus: Ocyceros Species: O. gingalensis Binomial name Ocyceros gingalensis (Shaw, 1812)...
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List of justices of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (redirect from Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon)
November 1811 – 1819 671+? Maitland University of Göttingen Advocate Fiscal of Ceylon 4 William Coke England 1776–1818 6 March 1809 – 1 September 1818 ♦† 6 March...
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Fiji-class cruiser (redirect from Ceylon class cruiser)
built to a slightly modified design and were sometimes also called the Ceylon class. They were built to the limitations that the 1936 Second London Naval...
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Panthera leo sinhaleyus (redirect from Ceylon Lion)
P. E. P. (1938). "Some fossil animals from Ceylon, Part II". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch). 34 (91): 231–239. JSTOR 45385414....
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Sri Lanka bay owl (redirect from Ceylon Bay Owl)
a. ripleyi Hussain & Reza Khan, 1978 - Western Ghats P. a. assimilis A. O. Hume, 1877 – Central & southern Sri Lanka The Indian subspecies is found...
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The Ceylon tree nymph (Idea iasonia) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the subfamily Danainae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. First described by John...
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Garra ceylonensis (the stone sucker or Ceylon logsucker[citation needed]) is a species of ray-finned fish in the cyprinid family. It is endemic to rivers...
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The Ceylon snakehead (Channa orientalis) is a species of snakehead found in freshwater habitats, typically shaded streams, in southwestern Sri Lanka (although...
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name in use. The word anaconda is derived from the name of a snake from Ceylon (Sri Lanka) that John Ray described in Latin in his Synopsis Methodica Animalium...
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1951 Asian Games (redirect from Ceylon at the 1951 Asian Games)
which four countries—Afghanistan, British India, Palestine Mandate and Ceylon—participated. The decision was made to hold these Games once in four years...
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Binaca Geetmala (section Ameen Sayani and Radio Ceylon)
popular and had millions of listeners. Binaca Geetmala was broadcast on Radio Ceylon from 1952 to 1988 and then shifted to the Vividh Bharati Service of All...
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African-American composer William Francis Dawson (died 1829), road builder in British Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka William Henderson Dawson (died 1879), Tyneside poet...
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G. G. Ponnambalam (category All Ceylon Tamil Congress politicians)
9 February 1977) was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and cabinet minister. He was the founder and leader of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), the...
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Acherontia styx (category Taxa named by John O. Westwood)
medusa underside Caterpillar In, The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume I, the species is described as follows. Head brown;...
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white. Total length 71 cm (28 in); tail 11 cm (4.3 in). Habitat: India and Ceylon, Himalayas, Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java, Philippines, Timor. A common...
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