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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Sri Lankan Portuguese creole (redirect from Ceylon Portuguese–Dutch Creole)
past tense Sri Lanka Kaffir people Portuguese period in Ceylon Burgher people Dutch period in Ceylon Indo-Portuguese (Sri Lanka) at Ethnologue (25th ed.,...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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1962 Ceylonese coup attempt (redirect from Attempted military coup in Ceylon, 1962)
Ceylon Volunteer Force), Colonel Maurice De Mel, (Commandant, Ceylon Volunteer Force), Rear Admiral Royce de Mel (former Captain of the Royal Ceylon Navy)...
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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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Kingdom 14 February 1815 De jure: The Kandyan Kingdom is annexed by British Ceylon 18 May 2009 De facto: The Sri Lankan government regains control of the whole...
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D. R. Wijewardena (category Ceylon Light Infantry officers)
barrister at the Inner Temple. Returning to Ceylon in 1912, he took oaths as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Ceylon and started his legal practice at Hulftsdorp...
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English cricket team in Australia in 1882–83 (redirect from Ivo Bligh's XI cricket team in Ceylon in 1882-83)
An English cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1882–83. Captained by Ivo Bligh, the team was on a quest "to recover those Ashes", a reference to...
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C. W. W. Kannangara (category Members of the Legislative Council of Ceylon)
He thereafter joined the Ceylon National Congress. His kinsman and Legislative Council member for the Southern Province O. C. Tillekeratne died on 13...
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Irtobacco.com. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-06-23. "Basic". www.zigsam.at. "Ceylon Tobacco Company - Overview of our portfolio". www.ceylontobaccocompany.com...
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Anton Muttukumaru (category Ceylon Light Infantry officers)
serve as the Commander of the Ceylon Army (now Sri Lankan Army), a post he held from 1955 to 1959. He also served as Ceylon's High Commissioner to Australia...
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Kallima philarchus (redirect from Ceylon Blue Oakleaf)
Kallima philarchus, the Ceylon blue oakleaf, is a nymphalid butterfly found in Sri Lanka. With wings closed, it closely resembles a dry leaf with dark...
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Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC, often called Ceylon Hotels, is a hospitality company in Sri Lanka. The company was incorporated through an Act of the Parliament...
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he emulated his father in becoming head boy, and left in 1967 with six GCE O-levels and two A-levels in history and French, at grades B and C respectively...
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