After the outbreak of the Second World War, in the British Crown Colony of Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka), the government of Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka assured...
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Almost every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to...
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Officers' Decoration Efficiency Decoration (Ceylon) Efficiency Medal (Ceylon) Sri Lanka Army Ceylon in World War II Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Army,...
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Indian Ocean raid (redirect from Operation C (World War II))
The Indian Ocean raid, also known as Operation C or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from...
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Bank of Ceylon (BOC; Sinhala: ලංකා බැංකුව Lanka Bænkuwa, Tamil: இலங்கை வங்கி Ilangai Vangi) is a state-owned, major commercial bank in Sri Lanka. Its head...
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Easter Sunday Raid (redirect from Battle of Ceylon)
eastern Indian Oceans. Upon Japan's entry into the Second World War, the air defences on Ceylon consisted of only four obsolescent three-inch anti-aircraft...
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The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific...
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signed officially ending the First Kandyan War, the appointment of General Thomas Maitland as governor of Ceylon in 1805 is generally accepted as the end of...
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Sri Lanka Light Infantry (redirect from Ceylon Light Infantry)
CLI - former National Security Adviser "Britain's strategic base in Ceylon World War II". Island. Retrieved 16 May 2020. Sri Lanka Light Infantry Haiti...
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Colony of Kenya in World War II (Swahili: Vita vya Pili vya Dunia) began with the declaration of war on Nazi Germany by the British Empire in September 1939...
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became militarily involved in World War II in January 1944, with the election of William Tubman, at which time it declared war on Germany and Japan. Before...
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Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) has a climate and varied elevation that allows for the production of both Camellia sinensis var. assamica and Camellia...
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British 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...
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Radio SEAC (category Ceylon in World War II)
Government of after World War II who changed the name to Radio Ceylon. The station is the oldest radio station in Asia (world's second oldest). Millions...
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United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the declaration of war by the United...
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British Ceylon, from the British Empire. The switch of powers was generally known as peaceful transfer of power from the British administration to Ceylon representatives...
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of World War II. Over 87,000 Indian troops, and 3 million civilians died in World War II. Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, former Commander-in-Chief...
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Communist Party of Sri Lanka (redirect from Ceylon Communist Party)
105 out of 225 seats. The CPSL was founded as the Communist Party of Ceylon in 1943 and was a continuation of the United Socialist Party. The USP had...
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The Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) (Tamil: இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ், romanized: Ilaṅkai Toḻilāḷar Kāṅkiras; Sinhala: ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්රසය Lanka Kamkaru...
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South East Asia Command (category Military history of Ceylon in World War II)
was the body set up to be in overall charge of Allied operations in the South-East Asian Theatre during the Second World War. The initial supreme commander...
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Brazil officially entered World War II on 22 August 1942 when it declared war against the Axis powers Germany and Italy. On 8 February 1943, the country...
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The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972. It had several constituent campuses at various locations...
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Burgher people (category Dutch diaspora in Asia)
small Eurasian ethnic group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British and other Europeans who settled in Ceylon. The Portuguese and Dutch had...
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Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members by the end...
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Dutch Ceylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; Tamil: ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although...
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Dutch Burghers (redirect from Dutch people in Sri Lanka)
Burgher Union". Wolvendaal The VOC and Human Heritage in Sri Lanka: the Dutch Burghers of Ceylon, 1640–2014 History of the Dutch in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)...
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The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II consisted of the campaigns of the Pacific War in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Indochina, Burma,...
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outbreak of the Second World War, having been under French administration since 1885. It played an important role in the war due to the presence of critically...
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All Ceylon Tamil Congress (Tamil: அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்), is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka. The ACTC was founded in 1944 by...
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Supplementary Forces Act, No. 40 of 1985, it was established in 1881 and was formally known as the Ceylon Cadet Corps. The officers and cadets have no liability...
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