British Ceylon (Sinhala: බ්‍රිතාන්‍ය ලංකාව, romanized: Britānya Laṃkāva; Tamil: பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, romanized: Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai), officially British...

The governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive...

Kandy's flag, c. 1798–1815 British Ceylon period Historical flags of Sri Lanka Flag of British Ceylon, 1815–1875 Flag of British Ceylon, 1875–1948 Sri Lanka...

under the Ceylon Independence Act 1947. Military treaties with the United Kingdom preserved intact British air and sea bases in the country; British officers...

Lankan Elephant and 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...

The British had occupied the coastal areas of the island since 1796, but after 1917 the colony had no regular garrison of British troops. The Ceylon Defence...

(CVF) that existed previously as the military reserve in the British Crown colony of Ceylon. At the time of forming it was only a reserve force but soon...

representative, the governor-general of Ceylon. The Ceylon Independence Act 1947 transformed the British Crown Colony of Ceylon into an independent sovereign state...

the entirety of Sri Lanka's lowlying coastal areas. The new colony of British Ceylon was determined to expand and control the entirety of the island, and...

those areas. Dutch Ceylon was taken by the British Empire, which extended control over the whole island, colonising it as British Ceylon from 1815 to 1948...

Dutch Ceylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; Tamil: ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although...

group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other Europeans who settled in Ceylon. The Portuguese and Dutch had held some of the maritime...

first Governor of British Ceylon exacerbated the problem. By the 1830s, commercial interest had moved elsewhere. Following the British takeover of the Kingdom...

name HMS Ceylon, after the former British colony of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Two ships taken up from trade were also named Ceylon: HMS Ceylon was a 38-gun...

Ceylon tea is both the brand of tea which is produced in Sri Lanka and a historic term describing tea from that land. Ceylon tea has been described as...

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

penny. The Royal Mint issued the coins in copper for exclusive use in British Ceylon in 1839, 1851, 1852, and 1853. The mint also produced bronze proofs...

Portuguese Ceylon (Portuguese: Ceilão Português; Sinhala: පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව; Tamil: போர்த்துக்கேய இலங்கை) is the name given to the territory on Ceylon, modern-day...

and British. Between 1597 and 1658, a substantial part of the island was under Portuguese rule. The Portuguese lost their possessions in Ceylon due to...

Portuguese Ceylon (1551–1594) List of governors of Portuguese Ceylon (1594–1658) List of governors of Dutch Ceylon (1640–1796) Governors of British Ceylon (1798–1948)...

Lanka, then British Ceylon, from the British Empire. The switch of powers was generally known as peaceful transfer of power from the British administration...

at the Hill Club Tennis Club, Nuwara Eliya British Ceylon now Sri Lanka from 1884 through 1976. The Ceylon Championships were founded in 1884 and staged...

1796 British Ceylon, a British territory from 1815 to 1948 Dominion of Ceylon, a dominion in the British Commonwealth between 1948 and 1972 Jung Ceylon, the...

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...

Indian Ocean island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and a British invasion force sent from British India. The Dutch Republic had been a British ally during the French...

British Ceylon period to independent modern Sri Lanka. The year saw Sri Lanka, then known as British Ceylon, regain its independence from the British...

planter who introduced the industry of tea farming to British Ceylon. He arrived to British Ceylon in 1852 and settled down in Loolecondera estate in Delthota...

Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) has a climate and varied elevation that allows for the production of both Camellia sinensis var. assamica and Camellia...

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

as part of British India until 1937 gained independence the following year in 1948 along with Sri Lanka (formerly known as British Ceylon). India, Pakistan...