officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It is located in the Indian Ocean,...

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

Look up Ceylon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ceylon was the English name applied to the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka until it repudiated...

The Dominion of Ceylon, officially Ceylon, was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other...

(Tamil: இலங்கை தமிழர், ilankai tamiḻar or ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state...

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...

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)...

Cargills (Ceylon) PLC is a Sri Lankan consumer company listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. It primarily operates in the modern retail (supermarkets)...

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

related to this article: Ceylon Citizenship Act The Ceylon Citizenship Act No. 18 of 1948 was a controversial law passed by the Ceylon Parliament which did...

Cinnamomum verum (synonym Cinnamomum zeylanicum), also known as true cinnamon or Ceylon cinnamon, is a small evergreen tree belonging to the family Lauraceae, native...

made Colombo the capital of their newly created crown colony of British Ceylon. Unlike the Portuguese and Dutch before them, whose primary use of Colombo...

Portuguese Ceylon (Portuguese: Ceilão Português; Sinhala: පෘතුගීසි ලංකාව; Tamil: போர்த்துக்கேய இலங்கை) was the territory on Ceylon, modern-day Sri Lanka...

of Sri Lanka (1815-1948) Colonial flag of British Ceylon, 1815–1875 Colonial flag of British Ceylon, 1875–1948 As the independence movement in Sri Lanka...

Ceylon functioned as an independent constitutional monarchy in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign and head of state of the country. Ceylon shared...

Radio Ceylon (Sinhala: ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සේවය Lanka Guwan Viduli Sevaya, Tamil: இலங்கை வானொலி, ilankai vanoli) is a radio station based in Sri Lanka (formerly...

Ceylon, titled Inam in Tamil, is a 2013 Indian war film written, directed, filmed and produced by Santosh Sivan. The story revolves around a group of teenagers...

Ceylon is an unincorporated community in Erie County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. A post office called Berlin Station was established in 1858, the name...

Ceylon Pioneers was a paramilitary unit formed as a skilled labor force with military type discipline in British Ceylon. Raised in 1821, with recruits...

Ceylon. Knox, Robert (1681). An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon. London: Richard Chiswell. Histories Parker, Henry (1909). Ancient Ceylon. London:...

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

Ceylon is an unincorporated community in Greene County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A post office called Ceylon was established in 1868, and remained...

Ceylon (/ˈseɪlɒn/ SAY-lon) is a city in Martin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 303 at the 2020 census, down from 369 in 2010. Ceylon...

The Song of Ceylon is a 1934 British documentary film directed by Basil Wright and produced by John Grierson for the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board. It was...

Air Ceylon was the former flag carrier airline of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The airline discontinued flights to Europe in early 1978 and finally ceased all...

considered for merging. › The Pentecostal Mission (TPM), also known as Ceylon Pentecostal Mission (CPM) in Sri Lanka, New Testament Church (NTC) in the...

The Ceylon–China Trade Agreement of 1952, also known as the Rubber-Rice Pact, was an international trade agreement between the People's Republic of China...

English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR), known until 1972 as the Ceylon rupee, is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents (Sinhala:...

Ceylon is an extinct town in Camden County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Ceylon was...

Ceylon Manohar (Tamil: சிலோன் மனோகர்) (c. 1944 – 22 January 2018), popular name of A. E. Manoharan (Anthony Pillai Emmanuel Manoharan) also known as Surangani...

raised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have visited Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, on 23 occasions from 1911-12 until the most recent tour in the winter of...

HMS Ceylon was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was of the Ceylon sub class, named after the island and British colony of Ceylon (now...

Ceylon was an object-oriented, strongly statically typed programming language with an emphasis on immutability, created by Red Hat. Ceylon programs run...

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

Lankem Ceylon PLC is a chemicals, paints and consumer goods manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. The company also engaged in the hospitality industry by...

Monarchy of Ceylon may refer to: Monarchy of Ceylon (1948–1972), the period of Sri Lankan history, during which the Dominion of Ceylon shared a monarch...

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...

University of Ceylon (1942–52), University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (1952–72) and University of Ceylon, Colombo (1967–1972). University of Ceylon 1942–44 Andrew...

Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited. It was founded in 2011 and is published...

Ceylon is the name given to a family of curry recipes with the key ingredients being coconut, lime, and a specific Ceylon curry powder, which classifies...

Ceylon /siːˈlɑːn/ (2016 population: 111) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of The Gap No. 39 and Census...

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...

King of Ceylon is a title that may refer to: the head of state of Ceylon from 1948 to 1952 George VI, the only person to hold this position between 1948...

in Colombo. The Sri Lankan team was known as the Ceylon national football team until 1972 when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka. A member of the AFC, the team...

cases. The plant has a number of common names including golden pothos, Ceylon creeper, hunter's robe, ivy arum, silver vine, Solomon Islands ivy, and...

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...

Ceylon may refer to: Portuguese Ceylon Dutch Ceylon British Ceylon This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Colony of Ceylon...

Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC, trading as Dilmah, is a Sri Lankan beverage company that is headquartered in Peliyagoda, Western Province, Sri Lanka. While...

Ceylon ebony or Diospyros ebenum (Sinhala: කළුවර Kaluwara) (Tamil: கருங்காலி Karungaali), is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae...

of Ceylon to the United Kingdom on 24 September 1946. With Ceylon gaining self rule on 4 February 1948, the High Commission of the Dominion of Ceylon was...

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce is the oldest and one of leading business chambers in Sri Lanka. It is a confederation of trade associations, regional-...

passed in the Parliament of Ceylon in 1956. The act replaced English with Sinhala as the sole official language of Ceylon, with the exclusion of Tamil...

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

Ceylon Cold Stores (CCS), trading as Elephant House, is a Sri Lankan company which produces carbonated drinks, ice cream and processed meat products. Despite...

The Ceylon Journal of Science is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal established in 1924 by the Government of Ceylon. The journal was the result...

The Ceylon Federation of Labour (CFL) is an organisation bringing together trade unions in the private, semi-government and co-operative sectors of Sri...

Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL), also known as Lake House, is a print media company in Sri Lanka. It publishes three daily, three weekend...

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...

the Ceylon crown; it follows the design of the crown worn by the kings of Kandy. The crown symbolised Queen Elizabeth II as head of state of Ceylon, and...

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...

Ceylon Medical College was a public medical school in Ceylon. The college was established in 1870 as the Colombo Medical School. The college was based...

The invasion of Ceylon was a military campaign fought as a series of amphibious operations between the summer of 1795 and spring of 1796 between the garrison...

General Officer Commanding, Ceylon (also known as Commander of Troops or Officer Commanding His/Her Majesties Troops, Ceylon) was the designation of the...

The Ceylon Tea Museum is located in the former Hanthana Tea Factory, which was originally constructed in 1925. It is situated 3 km (1.9 mi) south of Kandy...

Gymnema lactiferum, the Ceylon cow-tree or Ceylon cow plant, is a species of climbing perennial shrub native to India and Sri Lanka. In Sanskrit it is...

The Ceylon National Congress (Sinhala: ලංකා ජාතික කොන්ග්‍රසය Lanka Jathika Kongrasaya) (CNC) was a political party in colonial-era Ceylon founded on 11...

Storm Over Ceylon (German: Das Todesauge von Ceylon, Italian: Tempesta su Ceylon) is a 1963 adventure film directed by Gerd Oswald and Giovanni Roccardi...

for the formation of the Royal Ceylon Navy. The roots of the modern Sri Lankan Navy date back to 1938 when the Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force was established...

Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, commonly known as CEYPETCO (CPC), is a Sri Lankan oil and gas company. Established in 1962 and wholly owned by the Government...

London Stock Exchange. Ceylon & Indian Planters' Holdings plc was incorporated on 23 June 1959, at that time known as Ceylon & Indian Planters' Holdings...

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

Ceylon Biscuits Limited (branded CBL, commonly called Munchee) is a Sri Lankan food manufacturer, the maker of Munchee biscuits and one of the oldest biscuit...

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...

The Ceylon tiger (Parantica taprobana) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Lepidoptera Specialist...

distinctive "funk" or "hogo" imparted to it from fermented red rice. Sri Lankan (Ceylon) arrack, by contrast, is a more refined and subtle spirit. It has hints...

The Institute of Chemistry Ceylon is the successor to the Chemical Society of Ceylon (founded 1941) and was established in the year 1971 for the general...

The Ceylon Defence Force (CDF) was established in 1910 by the Ceylonese legislation Ceylon Defence Force Ordinance, which reformed the Ceylon Volunteer...

Ceylon spinach is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Basella alba, native to tropical Asia and Africa This page is an index of articles...

The Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) (CCP(M)) is a political party in Sri Lanka. It emerged in 1964 following a split within the original Ceylon Communist...

The Ceylon cricket team toured Pakistan in March and April 1950. Ceylon did not then have Test status, but two four-day unofficial Tests were played,...

The Ceylon Malay Youth League was a Malay youth organization in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka). The organization was founded in 1957, and was active for...

The 1st Parliament of Ceylon was a meeting of the Parliament of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1947 parliamentary election...

addressed the opening session of the All-Ceylon Youth Congress, which brought together the Youth Leagues in the All-Ceylon Youth Congress. A group of young intellectuals...

The Ceylon Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym CCS, was the premier civil service of the Government of Ceylon under British colonial rule and...

and 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...

Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC is an animal feed manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. The company was incorporated in 1982 as a result of an agreement between...

template Infobox religion is being considered for merging. › The Church of Ceylon (Sinhala: ලංකා සභාව, romanized: laṁkā sabhāva) is the Anglican Church in...

verum (alternatively C. zeylanicum), known as "Ceylon cinnamon" after its origins in Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon), is considered to be "true cinnamon", but...

The Ceylon Observer was an English-language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka published by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL). It was founded in...

Ceylon is an unincorporated community in Wabash Township, Adams County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. A post office was established at Ceylon in 1884...

Kingsbury, trading as The Kingsbury PLC, formerly the Ceylon Continental Hotel Colombo and the Ceylon Inter-Continental Hotel, is a nine-story hotel located...

The Ceylon snakehead (Channa orientalis) is a species of snakehead found in freshwater habitats, typically shaded streams, in southwestern Sri Lanka (although...

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...

The Ceylon Police Medal was awarded to police officers of the Ceylon Police, with two versions: for gallantry and for meritorious service. The number of...

‹ The template Infobox religion is being considered for merging. › The Ceylon Evangelical Lutheran Church (CELC) is a Lutheran body in Sri Lanka. The CELC...

Ceylon was an East Indiaman launched in 1803. She performed four voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). On her fourth voyage the French captured...

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...

The Senate was the upper chamber of the parliament of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Commission. The Senate was appointed and...

The beginnings of modern higher education in Ceylon commenced in 1870 with the establishment of the Ceylon Medical School, followed by Colombo Law College...

army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back to 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created;...

The Ceylon cricket team toured Pakistan in November 1966. Ceylon did not then have Test status, but three five-day unofficial Tests were played, Pakistan...

The Ceylon Medal was a campaign medal awarded by the Government of Ceylon from 1819 for a military action along the Badulla-Passara route on 16 June 1818...

The Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC; Tamil: இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ், romanized: Ilaṅkai Toḻilāḷar Kāṅkiras; Sinhala: ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය, romanized: Laṁkā...

The Governor-General of Ceylon or Officer Administering the Government The Prime Minister of Ceylon The Chief Justice of Ceylon The President of the Senate...

The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until...

The Pompadour green pigeon, Sri Lanka green pigeon or Ceylon green pigeon (Treron pompadora) is a pigeon in the genus Treron. In Sri Lanka, this bird and...

the Ceylon Garrison Artillery (CGA) was formed by amalgamating the Ceylon Artillery Volunteers and the Town Guard Artillery, coming under the Ceylon Defence...

The Ceylon cricket team toured India in December 1964 and January 1965. Ceylon did not then have Test status, but three four-day unofficial Tests were...

Sinhalese and Indian Tamil communities. Ponnambalam Ramanathan, under British Ceylon, opposed extending voting rights to the people and urged reservation of...

of Ceylon was an English language daily newspaper in Sri Lanka published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded in 1846 as the Ceylon Times...

religion is being considered for merging. › The Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (CIBC) was the autonomous ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion...

reserve on the island named the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers. Created to supplement the British garrison in Ceylon in the event of an external threat...

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parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in July 1960. The March 1960 election had left neither of Ceylon's two major parties with a majority, so...

a list of people on the postage stamps of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon. The list is complete through 1980. Victoria of the United Kingdom (1857)...

The Ceylon Mercantile Union (CMU) is one of the largest trade unions in the commercial sector in Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Mercantile, Industrial and General...

priest and missionary in Dutch Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Originally from Sancoale in Portuguese Goa, Vaz arrived in Ceylon during the Dutch occupation, a...

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 G...

Nacaduba sinhala, the Pale Ceylon line blue, or Ceylon six-lineblue, is a species of Lycaenidae butterfly. It is endemic to Western Ghats complex (Western...

The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB; Sinhala: ලංකා විදුලිබල මණ්ඩලය - ලංවිම, romanized: Lankā Vidulibala Mandalaya - Lanwima; Tamil: இலங்கை மின்சார சபை -...

The Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii), also known as the Ceylon junglefowl or Lafayette's junglefowl, is a member of the Galliformes bird order...

transcribed as Ceilão by the Portuguese in 1505; and later as Ceylon in English. Ceylon was used until it was replaced by Sri Lanka in 1972; the honorific...

اَیلَیچْ چٗونَكَرْ‎; Sinhala: ලංකා යෝනක, romanized: Lanka Yonaka; formerly Ceylon Moors; colloquially referred to as Sri Lankan Muslims) are an ethnic minority...

Force during the Second World War. Formed on 1 September 1941, based at Ceylon. Squadrons were stationed around the Indian Ocean. The group undertook long-range...

Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in January 1950, and was attended by the finance ministers of Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ceylon, Pakistan...

of Ceylon (1936–1947), member for Colombo Central (1947–1950) Mohamed Khalid Saldin (1870–1944), nominated member of the State Council of Ceylon (1931–1935)...

Dutch. Throughout the eighteenth century, the demand for cinnamon from Ceylon outstripped the supply, and its quality appeared to have suffered. Other...

countdown show of top filmi songs from Hindi cinema. It was broadcast on Radio Ceylon from 1952 to 1988 and then shifted to the Vividh Bharati Service of All...

chief secretary of Ceylon, was the chairman and one of three officers of state of the Board of Ministers of the State Council of Ceylon from 1932 to 1947...

The American Ceylon Mission (ACM) to Jaffna, Sri Lanka started with the arrival in 1813 of missionaries sponsored by the American Board of Commissioners...

second lieutenant in the Ceylon Light Infantry on 3 March 1944. That year he attended a Young Officers Course at the Ceylon Defence Forces Training School...

formation of the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers (CLIV) which was formed on 1 April 1881 by a proclamation issued by the Governor of Ceylon; it was a reserve...

Plumbago zeylanica, commonly known as Ceylon leadwort, doctorbush or wild leadwort, is a species of plumbago with a pantropical distribution. Carl Linnaeus...

Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) is a Sri Lankan tobacco company engaged in the manufacture, marketing and export of cigarettes. It is a subsidiary of...

Ceylon University College was a public university college in Ceylon. Established in 1921, it was Ceylon's first attempt at university education. The college...

The Air raid on Ceylon (5 April 1942) also known as the Easter Sunday raid, was an air attack on Colombo, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) by Imperial Japanese...

Mahatma Gandhi the 'Father of the Nation of India', paid a historic visit to Ceylon in 1927. On his first and only visit to the island, he was invited to Chilaw...

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...

The Star was an English language daily evening newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company. It was...

An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon is a book written by the English trader and sailor Robert Knox in 1681. It describes his experiences some years...

Ceylon Steel Corporation is one of the three industrial projects along with Ceylon Tyre Corporation and Ceylon Sugar Corporation, which were established...

An English cricket team led by Lord Hawke toured Ceylon and India in the Indian season of 1892–93. It was the second visit by an English team to India...

I – XVI, 1 – 281 Wall, Frank 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, government printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages...

ambassador in Colombo. until 1972 the name was: "United States Ambassador to Ceylon and the Maldives" Sri Lanka – United States relations Maldives – United...

Nadarajah Shanmugarajah was a Ceylon Tamil engineer and general manager of the Ceylon Electricity Board. Shanmugarajah was born on 6 November 1912. He...

186. ISBN 978-955-9159-99-5. Ray, H.C. (2016). University of Ceylon, History of Ceylon: Volume I (From the earliest time to 1505): Part II (From the...

headmen system was an integral part of the administration of the island of Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) under the successive European colonial powers,...

The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (Tamil: அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ், romanized: Akila Ilaṅkai Makkaḷ Kāṅkiras; Sinhala: සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන කොංග්‍රසය Samasta...

The House of Representatives was the lower chamber of the parliament of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1947 by the Soulbury Constitution. The House...

were: Ceylon Artillery Volunteers Ceylon Mounted Infantry (CMI) Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps (CPRC) Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps Cadet Battalion Ceylon Light...

1974) was a senior officer in the Royal Ceylon Air Force. He served as the third Commander of the Royal Ceylon Air Force. He previously served he had served...

Immigration. Jayaweera joined the Ceylon Defence Force during World War II and received a war time commissioned into the Ceylon Light Infantry with its expansion...

The Ceylon Championships (1884-1972) later known as the Sri Lankan Championships (1972–76) was a men's and women's national tennis tournament held at the...

was a British engineer who travelled to Colombo in 1921 to work in the Ceylon Telegraph Department. Harper was appointed Chief Engineer. He had an innovative...

The Ceylon Government Railway H1 was a solitary 2-4-0+0-4-2T narrow-gauge (2ft 6in) Garratt steam locomotive built by Beyer, Peacock & Company, England...

the original on 2002-02-08. Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11. Ceylon Year Book 1959 (PDF). Department...

International (T20I) status. The team first played first class cricket (as Ceylon) in 1926–27 and became an associate member of the ICC in 1965. They made...

Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Library of the National State Assembly. p. 152. Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon: 1931-1972. National...

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...

Ceylon, [translated by Pieter van der Merwe]. Journal of the Dutch Burger Union of Ceylon. XXXVII April 1947 No 4 The Boer prisoner-of-war in Ceylon (1900–1902)"...

himself in the Indian Ocean, and made Ceylon (present Sri Lanka) tributary to Portugal (see Portuguese Ceylon). He belonged to the Order of Christ. He...

The Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon (abbreviated as: DBUC; Dutch: Hollandsche Burgher Vereeniging van Ceylon), known commonly as the Dutch Burgher Union...

Ceylon became a public corporation. Dudley Senanayake who was the Prime Minister of Ceylon in 1967 ceremonially opened the newly established Ceylon Broadcasting...

The West Indies cricket team toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon from October 1948 to March 1949 and played a five-match Test series against the India national...

also visited Ceylon, played six matches in India. It included Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe. No Tests were played, but India played Ceylon in two matches...

The Ceylon cricket team visited India in December 1940 and January 1941. Ceylon did not then have Test status, but two three-day unofficial Tests were...

This is a list of senators who were members of the Senate of Ceylon. Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 – ) Nicholas Attygalle (1952–1955) Cyril de Zoysa (1955–1961)...

Cricket was introduced to Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon) in the first quarter of the 19th century, following colonisation of the island by the British...

The following is a list of governors of Dutch Ceylon. The Dutch arrived on the island of Ceylon on 2 May 1639. Parts of the island were incorporated as...

Queen of Ceylon was the title of Elizabeth II, the head of state of Ceylon from 1952 to 1972. It may also refer to any queen of Sri Lanka; see List of...

Ceylon Government Railway S1 was a class of Diesel multiple unit train sets built by English Electric for the Ceylon Government Railway. These units arrived...

Formally known as the Ceylon Technical College which was an institution of higher education for Technical and Scientific fields in Ceylon and a government...

Burma (current day Myanmar) and Ceylon (current day Sri Lanka). One game was attended by Burmese Cabinet Ministers. In Ceylon, it beat the national side in...

Ceylon Government Railway No. 1 Leopold was the first steam locomotive to run for the Ceylon Government Railway (now Sri Lanka Railways). It was designated...

The Ceylon Government Railway E1 was a class of steam tank locomotive produced for and used by British Ceylon's (later Sri Lanka's) national rail operator...

in 1505. Before Britain ruled the island of Sri Lanka (which they called Ceylon), British sailors reached the island. In the 17th century, the East India...

He is also regarded as one of the best players to have represented the Ceylon national team. Ahmed played for Colombo United football club, before joining...

Ceylon competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Wimalasena Perera Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Hatha Karunaratne First Round — Bye...

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is the governing body in the country. The Sri Lankan Football Union (as Ceylon Rugby Football Union) was founded in 1908, the first Rugby Union in Asia...

broadcasting, on the island of Sri Lanka. De Silva joined Radio Ceylon in the early 1960s. Radio Ceylon, now the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC), is...

Nadarajan, V. History of Ceylon Tamils, p. 72 Indrapala, K. Early Tamil Settlements in Ceylon, p. 16 Coddrington, K. Ceylon coins and currency, pp. 74–76...

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...

(RN). It was active between January 1944 and December 1947, entirely in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), as a Fleet Requirements Unit, based mainly at R.N. Air...

The Ceylon Rifle Regiment (CRR) was a regular native regiment formed by the British in Ceylon. Its history goes back to 1795. The nucleus of the Regiment...

raised as a part of the Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers, which evolved into the Ceylon Volunteer Medical Corps (CVMC) of the Ceylon Defence Force serving...

The Ceylon National Guard (CNG) was a former Volunteer regiment of the Sri Lanka Army that existed from 1963 to 1980. The CNG was formed in 1962 as part...

Rubus niveus (Mysore raspberry, Ceylon raspberry and Hill raspberry) is a species of Rubus native to southern Asia. Rubus niveus is a shrub growing to...

of the Ceylon Army and following training at the Volunteer Force Training Centre he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd (V) Ceylon Light...

an uninhabited island in Sri Lanka. The island was governed by British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1921. Though the Indian government never controlled...

delicate than that of Ceylon cinnamon. Its bark is thicker, more difficult to crush, and has a rougher texture than that of Ceylon cinnamon. Cassia cinnamon...

Ceylon V. M. Fernando – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon T. S. Fernando QC – former Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon...

communications. The Ceylon Engineers was formed in 1911 as part of the Ceylon Defence Force, following the transfer of Royal Engineers units from Ceylon. Duties of...

years in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). She was the first female doctor to serve in Jaffna, Ceylon. Scott started the first nursing school in Ceylon at Manipay...

under the Ceylon Independence Act 1947 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 7), the monarch the served as the Head of state of Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon), and was...

ISBN 978-0195616552. A History of Sri Lanka. Blaze, L. E. (1938). History of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-8120618411. {{cite book}}: ISBN /...

Lankadeepa was a Sinhala language daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded on 29 October 1947 and was published...

Plantation Tamils of Ceylon, Pg 111 Plantation Tamils of Ceylon, Pg 110 Plantation Tamils of Ceylon, Pg 112 Plantation Tamils of Ceylon, Pg 113 Great Britain...

radio announcer of Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia. Selveratnam read the English news bulletins of Radio Ceylon as well as presenting...

The Sri Lanka frogmouth, Sri Lankan frogmouth or Ceylon frogmouth (Batrachostomus moniliger) is a small frogmouth found in the Western Ghats of south India...

Sri Lanka, formerly called Ceylon, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the Indian subcontinent, in a strategic location near major sea...

the First Parliament of Ceylon on 4 February 1948, granting of independence and the establishment of the Dominion of Ceylon. The Speaker presides over...

The Sun was an English language daily newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company. It was founded...

The house crow (Corvus splendens), also known as the Indian, greynecked, Ceylon or Colombo crow, is a common bird of the crow family that is of Asian origin...

had a career in broadcasting spanning 46 years. He was a pioneer of Radio Ceylon and the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and his velvet voice was popular...

Radio Ceylon - the oldest radio station in South Asia. Jayasuriya presented some of the most popular radio programmes over the airwaves of Radio Ceylon, such...

turned diplomat who served between 1801 and 1806 as the Chief Secretary of Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was called before 1972), which had recently been transferred...

The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science is a peer-reviewed medical journal that started out as Section D of the Ceylon Journal of Science, which was first...

Matches. Ceylon v IFA XI Ceylon v India XI Ceylon  v India XI Ceylon  v Jinnah Gymkhana Ceylon  v Jinnah Gymkhana Ceylon  v Neftyanik Ceylon  v Neftyanik...

organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), toured India, Pakistan and Ceylon from October 1961 to February 1962. They played five Test matches against...

played a match on 1 April at Galle Face Green against a Ceylon team, which was drawn. "Ceylon v Australians 1896". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2014...

The Minister of State was a cabinet ministry of the Government of Ceylon that existed from 25 March 1965 to 29 May 1970 during the third Dudley Senanayake...

March 1922) was a British colonial administrator in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He served in the Ceylon Civil Service for over fifty years, including as the...

Nannophrys ceylonensis, commonly known as the Sri Lanka rock frog or the Ceylon streamlined frog, is a species of frog. It used to be placed in the large...

10 May 2020) was a member of the Ceylon Civil Service (1955-1972). He was handpicked by the Prime Minister of Ceylon, Dudley Senanayake, to be both Chairman...

Cynoglossum zeylanicum, also called the Ceylon hound's tongue, Ceylon forget-me-not, and Indian hound's tongue, is a species of flowering plant in the...

1815. The Port was made the capital of the new British crown colony called Ceylon. The British decided to build houses and civilian buildings rather than...

of the postage stamps and postal history of Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon. Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about 31 km off the...

Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (CBC) also known as Commercial Bank or ComBank is a licensed commercial bank in Sri Lanka and its ownership is private. It...

Paulo Railway of Brazil in 1915, and one for the 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge Ceylon Government Railway (CGR) in 1929, the CGR's class H1. One more was built...

The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council...

of Asia. During the colonial era, the Portuguese introduced the names "Ceylon Moors" and "Indian Moors" in South Asia and Sri Lanka, now official ethnic...

7th Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy. Hunter enlisted in the newly formed Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force (CNVF) as a signalman/gunner in the first intake of...

published series that deals with epigraphs and other records from ancient Ceylon. Established in 1904, the series' contents range from individual articles...

PMC 5549887. PMID 28792950. Wait, Walter Ernest (1922). "The passerine birds of Ceylon". Spolia Zeylanica. 12: 182. Scharning, Kjell (20 November 2011). "Bird...

Ceylon ironwood is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Manilkara hexandra Mesua ferrea This page is an index of articles on plant species...

The Ceylon Herald was an English-language newspaper in Ceylon. After The Ceylon Chronicle closed down on 3 September 1837 Mackenzie Ross bought the printing...

to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status. "Australia v...

The Torrington executive council was executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Viscount Torrington. Cabinet of Sri Lanka...

Cabinet of Sri Lanka. Parties   Independent   United National Party   All Ceylon Tamil Congress   Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party   Sri Lanka Freedom...

The Ceylon Police Long Service Medal was awarded to police officers in Ceylon of and below the rank of Chief Inspector for completing 18 years of unblemished...

சங்கம்), is a Scouting organization in Sri Lanka operated by the Ceylon Scout Council. The Ceylon Scout Council is a corporation formed by Act No. 13 of 1957...

to compete in. This participation was as British Ceylon. This participation was as Dominion of Ceylon. "Lanka confident of delivering World Cup venues...

students from 1923 onwards. The university traces its roots to 1870 when the Ceylon Medical School was established. UoC has produced notable alumni in the fields...

The Sri Lanka drongo (Dicrurus lophorinus) or Ceylon crested drongo, is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. It was...

editor-in-chief of Ceylon Today, another English-language newspaper. His tenure ended abruptly on 13 June 2012, when he was sacked by the management of Ceylon Newspapers...

New Left Front, Left Front. Formerly Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma. "Political parties". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.{{cite...

called the services of his fifty two polygars with their troops embarked for Ceylon and landed at Mannar. Kandyan ruler sent an army of 40,000 under four ministers...

Ceylon Local Government Worker's Union from 1949 until her death. Through this, Goonewardene attempted to reform the former British colony of Ceylon into...

The Ceylon Volunteer Service Medal (sometimes referred to as the Government of Ceylon War Medal) is a non-wearable campaign medal awarded by the Government...

romanized: Ilaṅkaic Cōṉakar; Sinhala: ලංකා යෝනක, romanized: Lanka Yonaka formerly Ceylon Muslims; colloquially referred to as Moors or Muslims ) are a minority ethnic...

elected President of the Ceylon National Congress in 1924. He was the nephew Victor Corea who was a founder member of the Ceylon National Congress. Shirley...

Nacaduba calauria, the dark Ceylon six-lineblue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in Indomalayan realm. and New Guinea. N. c. calauria New Guinea...

in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Head Mudaliyar functioned as the head of the low country native headmen and native aide-de-camp to the Governor of Ceylon. As...

The Ceylon-German Technical Training Institute (also known as CGTTI or German Tech) is an engineering college located in Moratuwa, a suburb of Colombo...

diplomat. He was the second Ceylonese Commander of the Ceylon Army from 1960 to 1963 and formerly Ceylon's High Commissioner to Pakistan and Ambassador to Italy...

of musicians who were discovered by Radio Ceylon, now the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. Radio Ceylon gave him a platform for his songs and announcers...

Ceylon of the British Government of Ceylon dates back to the early nineteenth century and was succeeded by the post of Financial Secretary of Ceylon under...

Manitoba Brandon Sun, Manitoba Ottawa Sun, Ontario Toronto Sun, Ontario Sun (Ceylon), a defunct Ceylonese newspaper The Sun (Hong Kong), a defunct Chinese-language...

The Ceylon Chronicle was a short-lived English-language newspaper in Ceylon. The newspaper started on 3 May 1837 with Rev. Samuel Owen Glenie as editor...

අයිවන් සෙනෙවිරත්න කොරයා) was a priest of the Church of Ceylon. Ivan Corea was born in Chilaw, Ceylon, to James Alfred Ernest Corea and Letitia Grace Alice...

All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama (ACJU; Tamil: அகில இலங்கை ஜம்இய்யதுல் உலமா ) is the apex religious body of Islamic theologians that provides religious and...

in Ceylon, also known as the 58 riots, refer to the first island-wide ethnic riots and pogrom to target the minority Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon after...

medals of the Sri Lanka Police were adapted from those of the Dominion of Ceylon in 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic. Janadhipathi Police Weeratha Padakkama...

Bungarus ceylonicus, the Ceylon krait or Sri Lankan krait, is a species of venomous elapid snake which is endemic to the island Sri Lanka, locally known...

regiment of the Sri Lanka Army, formed with troops from the Ceylon Light Infantry and the Ceylon Sinha Regiment in 1962. It has been deployed in many major...

Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). Vol. 1. State Print. Corporation. p. 272. Retrieved 6 December 2024. Census of Ceylon, 1911. Colombo: Ceylon Dept....

(ITAK), the most dominant Tamil political party in Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon), lobbied for a united state that would give the minority Tamils and majority...

1949, Ismail was a part of the Jinnah Gymkhana team which toured Burma and Ceylon, where he achieved amazing saves throughout the tours and was also a frequent...

the Ceylon National Association and part of the Lanka Mahajana Sabha delegation to the Donoughmore Commission. He was a proprietor of the Ceylon Morning...

the Supreme Court of Ceylon. Having joined the Ceylon Civil Service in 1943 as a cadet on appointment by the Governor of Ceylon, Goonaratne served several...

The Ceylon cricket team toured India in December 1932 and January 1933. Ceylon did not then have Test status, but two three-day unofficial Tests were played...

Dutch Ceylon, and sailed from Trincomalee to Point Pedro on 23 April 1687. Historian Jonathan Forbes writing in 1810 in his book Eleven Years in Ceylon describes...

Dutch India. Instead, Dutch India was divided into the governorates Dutch Ceylon and Dutch Coromandel, the commandment Dutch Malabar, and the directorates...

The Ceylon spiny mouse (Mus fernandoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sri Lanka, where it is known as ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක‍ටු...

joined the Ceylon Army, following his training at Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Ceylon Light Infantry...

inexpugnable ... On 2 October 1835 he was appointed second puisne judge of the Ceylon Supreme Court, and took up the position on 9 December 1836. In the same...

(BPL Teas) Dilmah Heladiv George Steuart Group (Steuarts Tea, 1835 Steuart Ceylon) Mlesna Çaykur The UK market is dominated by five brands - PG Tips (owned...

1912 – 11 April 1983) was a Sri Lankan lawyer, a Ceylon cricket captain, and an officer of the Ceylon Army. He led the attempted military coup of 1962...

of Jayavira Bandara Mudali on the throne. The Portuguese first reached Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, in 1505 and formed an alliance with the king of Kotte, who...

provincial councils. It was formed as the Ceylon Administrative Service (CAS) in 1963 as the successor to the Ceylon Civil Service which was abolished on May...

The Ceylon Government Railway classes B1–B6, formerly designated as the NOA class before the reclassification of 1937, were several classes of 4-6-0 steam...

The Europeans cricket team was a cricket team based in Ceylon and composed of colonial officials. The team played a single first-class match in January...

Miss Universe Sri Lanka (formerly known as Miss Ceylon) is a national pageant in Sri Lanka to choose ambassador for the Miss Universe pageant. The first...

expatriate Ceylon Tamil family in Malaya, Chelvanayakam moved to Ceylon while still young. He worked as a teacher before studying law at Ceylon Law College...

residence in Ceylon he wrote and published The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon (1853) and two years later Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon (1855). These...

1805, he was ordered to the East Indies—first to Ceylon, then in 1806 to Malabar, and back to Ceylon in 1807. He went to India in 1809 and served with...

of The Ceylon Independence Act, 1947 and The Ceylon (Constitution and Independence) Orders in Council 1947, Sri Lanka was then known as Ceylon. The Soulbury...

President's Media Division News. Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11. Ceylon Year Book 1957 (PDF). Department...

Eardley Peiris was a radio announcer with Radio Ceylon who joined the radio station in the late 1950s and enjoyed huge popularity with millions of listeners...

The Ceylon Government Railway A1 & A2 were two similar classes of 4-8-0 steam banking locomotives used by the national rail operator of British Ceylon (now...

was a Sri Lankan general and cricketer. He was a former Commander of the Ceylon Army. Born to Gerald Chetwynd Swartz Heyn and Hylda Heyn (nee de Zilva)...

was also used of currency in Cape Colony and Ceylon. However, the Rixdollar only existed as a coin in Ceylon. Unissued remainder banknotes for the Cape...

Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon was a military post created during World War II to form a unified command for all British military, naval and air units in Ceylon. The first...

post of Prime Minister was created in 1947 as the head of government of Ceylon in the Westminster system. In 1978, under the second amendment to the Republican...

Mesua ferrea, the Ceylon ironwood, or cobra saffron, is a species in the family Calophyllaceae native to the Indomalayan realm. This slow-growing tree...

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 13: i–iii. ISSN 0304-2235. JSTOR 43483470. The Ceylon Antiquary and...

qualification in GCE Advanced Level examination. In 1839, the Governor of Ceylon J. A. Stewart Mackenzie started sending Ceylonese students to Calcutta for...

Dovyalis hebecarpa, with common names Ceylon gooseberry, ketembilla, and kitambilla, is a plant in the genus Dovyalis, native to Sri Lanka and southern...

College, Panadura and at the University of Ceylon, where he excelled in sports. Ramayanayake joined the Ceylon Defence Force during World War II, following...

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Ceylon and Sri Lanka at the Olympics. Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the...

Society. 1933 The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma including Burma and Ceylon Odonata. 1. Introduction, Coenagriidae. New Delhi.423pp...

Hoisington (23 August 1801 – 16 May 1858) was an American missionary to Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) as part of the American Board of Commissioners for...

Six days after the separation, the fleet saw the mountains of Ceylon and arrived at Ceylon's western coast two days later. They left this region as they...

Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1952. It is notable for being the second and final election overseen and administered by the Department...

May 1966) was the eighth British colonial Inspector General of Police of Ceylon from 1913 to 1937, the longest tenure of office of an Inspector General...

single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status. "Ceylon v Australia 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved...

York]: New Chapter Press. pp. 495–506. ISBN 978-0942257700. "Japan v India". daviscup.com. "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com. Davis Cup official website...

Minister of Ceylon, having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment of self-rule in Ceylon. He is considered...

Durio ceylanicus), the Ceylon durian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. The Ceylon durian, a large prickly...

The Sunday Times of Ceylon was an English language weekly newspaper in Ceylon published by Times of Ceylon Limited (TOCL). It was founded in 1923 and was...

single-innings match (i.e., not first-class) there against the Ceylon national team. MCC won by 154 runs. "Ceylon v MCC, 1911". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 June 2014...

Colombo Stock Exchange, the Finance Commission of Sri Lanka and of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Ajit Jayaratne currently serves as the chairman of...

secretariats. The provinces were first established by the British rulers of Ceylon in 1833. Over the next century, most of the administrative functions of...

The Ceylon Police Independence Medal was a decoration presented to all members of the Ceylon Police serving in 1948, in commemoration of the country's...

Greg Roskowski was an announcer of Radio Ceylon during the height of the station's popularity in the 1950s in the Indian Subcontinent. Roskowski, born...

The West Indian cricket team toured India and Ceylon in December 1966 and January 1967 to play a three-match Test series against the Indian national cricket...

E.F. Kelaart. Alternate names for the yellow-eared bulbul include the Ceylon bulbul, Sri Lanka bulbul and yellow-tufted bulbul. The yellow eared-bulbul...

their itinerary included four first-class matches in Pakistan, India and Ceylon during February and March. The team consisted of Mickey Stewart (captain)...

Lankan monarchs History of Sri Lanka University of Ceylon (1964) Lanka Itihasaya (History of Ceylon). Translated into Sinhala by Vidyalankara University...

Ancient Jaffna, p303-304 Perera, H., Ceylon & Indian History from Early Times to 1505 A. D, p353 Coddrington, H., Ceylon Coins and Currency, p74-75 Rasanayagam...

Coins is a Sri Lankan beer brewed by McCallum Breweries (Ceylon) Ltd, a subsidiary of Cargills Ceylon PLC. McCallum Brewery Limited was established in 1962...

Nadu. Peter Percival, aged 23, was sent to Jaffna peninsula in British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1826 by the Wesleyan Methodist Mission, with concerns...

daviscup.com. "Philippines v South Vietnam". daviscup.com. "Indonesia v Japan". daviscup.com. "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com. Davis Cup official website...

International Olympic Committee that same year. The nation was designated as Ceylon (country code "CEY") until 1972. Parami Wasanthi Maristela won Sri Lanka's...

and Ceylon (1888), which notes: "The plantation coolies also smear it over their feet and legs, to keep off land leeches; and therefore in Ceylon [Sri...

Ceylon Volunteer Force), Colonel Maurice De Mel, (Commandant, Ceylon Volunteer Force), Rear Admiral Royce de Mel (former Captain of the Royal Ceylon Navy)...

philanthropist W. A. de Silva, member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon and the State Council of Ceylon, and who served as Minister of Health (1936 - 1942). One...

father's religious beliefs. Soon after his birth, the family migrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) where Chakrapani's two younger siblings (brother M. G. Ramachandran...

Settlements between 1904 and 1911 and Governor of Ceylon between 1916 and 1918. He was the first Governor of Ceylon to die in office. He was the only son of John...

taught classics at Monkton Combe School before travelling to Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) with the CMS. Rev. Ryde took over as Vice Principal of Trinity in 1895...

disrupted the Portuguese trading networks in Asia, where they captured Malacca, Ceylon, the Malabar Coast, and the Moluccas. In Africa, the Dutch conquered the...

was the first political party in Sri Lanka (at the time known as British Ceylon), having been founded in 1935 by Leslie Goonewardene, N. M. Perera, Colvin...

self-government to Ceylon, with the first parliamentary elections being held by late 1947. As a consequence of the limited sovereign status of Ceylon (possessing...

of the time. When Ceylon gained its independence in 1948, the house became the official residence of the Governor General of Ceylon with the last British...

Indian national cricket team toured Ceylon in November 1956 and played two internationals against Ceylon. As Ceylon had not then achieved Test status,...

Irtobacco.com. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2017-06-23. "Basic". www.zigsam.at. "Ceylon Tobacco Company - Overview of our portfolio". www.ceylontobaccocompany.com...

Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). Vol. 2. State Print. Corporation. p. 578. Retrieved 16 June 2025. Census of Ceylon, 1911. Colombo: Ceylon Dept. of...

as a part of the Ceylon Defence Force it was reformed as a troop of signals February 9, 1950 following the formation of the Ceylon Army in 1949. The...

Census of Ceylon, 1911. Colombo: Ceylon Dept. of Census and Statistics. 1912. p. 46. Retrieved 21 July 2025. Report on the Census of Ceylon: 1921, Volume...

abundantly in the gem gravels of Sri Lanka, whence it has sometimes been called "Ceylon ruby". When the color inclines to a violet tint, the stone is often called...

Division) (suspended in 1956) Efficiency Decoration (Ceylon) (1930 - 1972) Efficiency Medal (Ceylon) (1930 - 1972) Decoration for Officers of the Royal...

The England cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1894–95. The team, captained by Andrew Stoddart, played 24 matches in total, of which it won 10...

held much of India (via the British East India Company), as well as Burma, Ceylon, Malaya and Singapore. After The Indian Rebellion of 1857, Queen Victoria...

"Philippines v India". daviscup.com. "Japan v South Korea". daviscup.com. "Ceylon v India". daviscup.com. "Philippines v Japan". daviscup.com. "Thailand v...

appointed a captain to control the Portuguese-occupied territory called Ceylon on the island of modern-day Sri Lanka. In that time, there were numerous...

British Governor of Ceylon. Marshall was an officer in the Ceylon Civil Service and went on to serve as Auditor General of Ceylon. He built Rock House...

Lemos (c. 1485 - c. 1535) was the third and last Captain of Portuguese Ceylon. Lemos succeeded Lopo de Brito and was appointed in 1522 under John III...

service. Established on 1 October 1949 after the independence of Ceylon in 1948 as the Ceylon Overseas Service with the recruitment of its first batch of cadets...

Methodist missionaries to Ceylon. The missionaries sailed to Ceylon from Portsmouth, England on 30 December 1813, landing in Ceylon on 29 June 1814. Methodist...

and the Ceylon Railway Engineer Corps (CREC). With the escalation of the Sri Lankan civil war the regiment has taken up combat duties. The Ceylon Army Pioneer...

evangelist and president of the Ceylon Methodist Conference. Niles was born on 4 May 1908 in Tellippalai in northern Ceylon. He was the son of district judge...

Japan". daviscup.com. "India v Malaya". daviscup.com. "Philippines v India". daviscup.com. "Japan v Ceylon". daviscup.com. Davis Cup official website...

late 1870s, coffee estates in Ceylon were ravaged by leaf disease, and Hill and Massey were ruined. In 1878, Hill left Ceylon to try his hand at coffee planting...

The orange-billed babbler (Argya rufescens), also known as Ceylon rufous babbler or Sri Lankan rufous babbler, is a member of the family Leiothrichidae...

to Australia and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status. "Wisden: The...

Joseph's College, Colombo where he was a keen sportsman. He entered the Ceylon Law College and qualified as a proctor and notary public. He was elected...

World War and then saw service as INS Miznak of the Israeli Navy. The Royal Ceylon Navy purchased her in 1958 from Israel. HMCS Hallowell was ordered on 1...

financial secretary of Ceylon was an officer of the Ceylonese Government and member of the Board of Ministers. The Treasurer of Ceylon was one of six offices...

Colombo Plan to work in Radio Ceylon. He was appointed Director of the newly formed Commercial Service of Radio Ceylon. The Colombo Plan was established...

Sally joined the Ceylon Defence Force during World War II in 1942 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 5th Battalion, Ceylon Light Infantry...

– 4 May 1997) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Prime Minister of Ceylon from September 1959 to March 1960. Born as one of the twin children to a...

broadcaster with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation. He was the first Sinhala Announcer with Radio Ceylon, the oldest radio...

of Ceylon. He was the oldest in a family of five brothers. His brothers where Rear Admiral Rajan Kadiragamar, former Captain of the Royal Ceylon Navy;...

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...

breakfast tea is a traditional blend of black teas originating from Assam, Ceylon and Kenya. It is one of the most popular blended teas, common in British...

first time by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Ceylon Society of Arts and by Cultural Council of Ceylon. In 1972, he joined the government service as a...

Sri Lanka since 1947. The Executive Council of Ceylon was the Executive Council created in British Ceylon by the British colonial administration on the...

Services. Army Band and cultural troupe. Financial Management Branch. The Ceylon Army General Service Corps was raised on 14 December 1951 with Lt. Col B...

hdl:10088/14891. Ripley, S. Dillon (1945). "A new Race of Nightjar from Ceylon". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 65: 40–41. Rasmussen PC...

The Sri Lankan wood pigeon or Ceylon wood pigeon (Columba torringtoniae) is a pigeon which is an endemic resident breeding bird in the mountains of Sri...

Thanthi was a Tamil language daily evening newspaper in Ceylon published by Independent Newspapers Limited, part of M. D. Gunasena & Company. It was founded...

America and returned to Ceylon after obtaining his master's degree in International Relations in 1951. On his return to Ceylon, Muthiah took up a job with...

British Columbia (1858–1866); and who served as 6th Surveyor General of Ceylon. He was born in Charleville, County Cork, into a prominent Anglo-Irish family...

Halpe homolea, the Indian ace or Ceylon ace, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. Male. Upperside blackish-brown. Forewing with five or...

being handed over to the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) by the British. In May 1904 the Congregational Council of Ceylon (CCC) was set-up to administer ACM's...

Lanka. Pārlimēntuva, Ceylon (1951). Ceylon Sessional Papers. Government Press. Geography, United States Office of (1960). Ceylon: Official Standard Names...

The 1906 malaria outbreak in Ceylon, was a major malaria outbreak in Ceylon during the early twentieth century. The first cases were reported in the early...

around 1809, when Sir Alexander Johnston, Chief Justice of the British Ceylon, sent manuscripts of it and other Sri Lankan chronicles (written in mainly...

Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status. "Australia in British Isles 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2014. "Ceylon v...

by the American Ceylon Mission (ACM) that was established in 1813 by Rev. Samuel Newell in Jaffna, in Tamil-dominated northern Ceylon, as part of the...

The Ward executive council was executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor Henry George Ward. Cabinet of Sri Lanka...

he was also one of the founders of the Amateur Photographic Society of Ceylon (1906). His mother, Amelia de Saram, was Sinhalese. Daughter of a district...

Aspidura ceylonensis, also known as the Ceylon keelback, black-spined snake, or slender mould snake, is a species of colubrid snake endemic to Sri Lanka...

Retrieved 19 April 2018. "Marie". Ceylon Biscuits Limited. Retrieved 19 April 2018. "Kist Biscuits". Cargills (Ceylon) PLC. Archived from the original...

The president of the Senate of Ceylon, was the presiding officer and the highest ranking-official of the Senate of Ceylon. The president of the Senate was...

Camp, Colombo. The Ceylon Army was established in 1949. Under Prime Minister Colonel Sir John Kotelawala, the Government of Ceylon decided on the need...

it over to the Portuguese, thus leading to the formation of Portuguese Ceylon. Kanakasooriya Cinkaiariyan and his two son's also returned from Madurai...

Portuguese India, and a military commander during Portuguese expansion into Ceylon, India, Indonesia and Malacca. He was a son of Afonso Furtado Mendoça, commander...

Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy was born in Colombo, British Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, to the Ceylon Tamil legislator and philosopher Sir Muthu Coomaraswamy of...

strong opposition. After he left North America, Buller was crown attorney in Ceylon from 1840 to 1848. He was afterwards a judge of the Supreme Court of Calcutta...

|journal= (help) Indrapala, K. (1969). "Early Tamil settlements in Ceylon". Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1969, XIII:54. Kanakasabhai...

from the Kandyan period to the British Ceylon period, where the Kingdom of Kandy was annexed by British Ceylon, making it the sole polity on the island...

Surveyor-General in the Straits Settlements from 1905 to 1921. Pigott was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1865, and educated at Blackheath Grammar School, London...

wife Regina Perera. Arthur de Soysa sold the house to the Government of Ceylon in 1920 to establish the University College Colombo the following year....

Archived from the original on October 16, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2012. "Ceylon Newspapers". Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May...

J. Perera was a Ceylonese Sinhalese teacher and member of the Senate of Ceylon. Educated at Sri Sumangala College, Panadura, Perera became a mathematics...

Secretary of Ceylon, serving in this role until 1932 and twice acting as Governor of Ceylon. Whilst in Ceylon, he served as president of the Ceylon Branch of...

honours Amyrald Haly, the first director of the Ceylon Museum, author of the "Natural History of Ceylon", and the collector of the holotype. The holotype...

tournament first held in Colombo, Ceylon. It was also alternatively known as Colombo Cup. Established in 1952 by the Ceylon Football Association as a part...

In 1921, Woolf married Tom Southorn, whom she met in Ceylon. Following his service in Ceylon, Southorn served as the colonial secretary of British Hong...

blend of several black teas, most often a combination of Assam teas and Ceylon teas. Irish tea brands, notably Barry's, Bewley's, Lyons and Robert Roberts...

2004), "The Saviour of Ceylon", was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) officer who warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon during the Second World...

public service broadcasting both in Sri Lanka and the UK. He joined Radio Ceylon, South Asia's oldest radio station, in 1956 and later the Sri Lanka Broadcasting...

E. R. Gooneratne was the most influential native official of Southern Ceylon during the British colonial rule in the country. Edmund Rowland Gooneratne...

in Meegama, British Ceylon (now in Western Province, Sri Lanka). He completed a B.A. in English (1955) at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, followed...

ชาไทย, RTGS: cha thai, pronounced [t͡ɕʰāː tʰāj]) is a Thai drink made from Ceylon black tea, milk, and sugar. Thai tea as consumed in Thailand is not typically...

Amangkurat III (Amangkurat Mas; died in Dutch Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), 1734) was a short-lived susuhunan (ruler) of the Sultanate of Mataram, who reigned...

Bolshevik–Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma (BLPI) was a revolutionary Trotskyist party which campaigned for independence and socialism in South...

England, and was knighted for his service in the Second Boer War. Posted to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as Commander-in-Chief of British forces, he committed suicide...

After completing his secondary education, he joined the University of Ceylon in 1960 based on his performance at the University Preliminary Examination...

communities forming the Presbytery of Ceylon. The Dutch Reformed Church subsequently joined the Presbytery of Ceylon however in 1952 doctrinal controversies...

Regiment with his second wife Elizabeth Schlesinger. He was born in Colombo, Ceylon, where his father was stationed at the time of his birth in 1871. He married...

World War for her secondary education. She is a graduate of University of Ceylon and University of Cambridge in United Kingdom. She was also a teacher at...

death. Sumanthiran Navaratnam was born on 21 May 1925 in Araly, British Ceylon. He was born as the fifth child in his family. His father S. S. Navaratnam...

The Ceylon killifish (Sinhala: උඩ හඳයා, romanized: uda handaya; Aplocheilus dayi) is a species of killifish endemic to Sri Lanka. It grows to a length...

Pakistan  v  Ceylon India  v  Pakistan Pakistan  v  Burma Pakistan  v  Ceylon Pakistan  v  India Pakistan  v  India Ceylon  v  Pakistan Ceylon  v  Pakistan...

negotiations the Ceylon Railway Company was established in 1845, under the chair of Philip Anstruther, Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, to build the colony's...

at his profession, then went to Ceylon in 1859 and in 1862 became chief engineer of the government railways in Ceylon. From 1871 to 1889 he lived in India...

Molagoda, A.; Ellawala, N.S. (2000). "Suicide in Sri Lanka: points to ponder". Ceylon Medical Journal. 45 (1): 17–24. doi:10.4038/cmj.v45i1.7975. PMID 11006615...

of drafting the 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution. Parties   Ceylon National Congress   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Ilankai...

Nandapañña that describes the post-canonical Pali literature of Burma and Ceylon. Norman, K. R. (1983). A History of Indian Literature vol. VII: Pali Literature...

Euphrasia and Osprey, which included the unincorporated hamlets of Eugenia, Ceylon, Maxwell, Singhampton, Priceville, Kimberley, Badjeros, and Feversham. The...

Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force was the title of the head of the Ceylon Defence Force. The post was created in 1888, replacing the position of General...

of Ceylon Medal was a campaign medal awarded by the East India Company to Bengal Army artillerymen who took part in the British invasion of Ceylon in...

1862 in Jaffna, Ceylon, son of Edwin Lawson Koch, descendant of Godfried Koch of Brandenburg Prussia and a respected doctor in Ceylon. Koch Sr. died suddenly...

The Sri Lanka bush warbler (Elaphrornis palliseri), also known as Ceylon bush warbler or Palliser's warbler, is an Old World warbler which is an endemic...

The Ceylon Labour Party (CLP) was a political party in Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Labour Party was formed in October 1928, with A. E. Gunasinha as president...

(1911). Outlines of Ceylon history. Colombo, Ceylon : The Times of Ceylon. pp. 76. Kings & Rulers of Sri Lanka Codrington's Short History of Ceylon v t e...

The Air raid on Ceylon (9 April 1942) was an air attack on Trincomalee, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the Indian Ocean raid (31 March – 10 April...

changed to Chief Superintendent of Police. The official establishment of the Ceylon Police Force was on 3 September 1866 when William Robert Campbell (then...

with Radio Ceylon and subsequently the Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation. Fernando was an excellent reader of the news. He joined Radio Ceylon, the oldest...

responsible for arranging government business in the Parliament. Parties   Ceylon National Congress   United National Party   Sri Lanka Freedom Party   Mahajana...

of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in India and Ceylon, where he founded the first American Ceylon Mission station. The youngest of nine children, Newell...

located at 19 Ceylon Road in the Katong district. Dedicated to Ganesha (Vinayagar), it was established in the 1850s by Sri Lankan Tamil Ceylon Tamil immigrants...

The green pufferfish or Ceylon pufferfish (Dichotomyctere fluviatilis) is a species of pufferfish found in South and Southeast Asia. Its habitat includes...

of first ten candidates to join the Ceylon Army on its formation as Cadet Officers. Joining the newly formed Ceylon army on his nineteenth birthday, he...

Mannar, Sri Lanka, was the residence of the first British Governor of Ceylon. The first governor, Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, was the son...

challenges in the society. The first Regiment of the Ceylon Volunteer Force was established as Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers in April 1881. The pioneer...

late 1700s. In 1796 the British occupied the Maritime Province of Ceylon, and Ceylon remained a British Crown Colony for the next 150 years. When the island...

the original on 2002-02-08. Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11. Ceylon Year Book 1959 (PDF). Department...

Stephanie Laurens (born in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka), is an Australian author of romance novels. She is a winner of a Romance Writers of America RITA Award...

reform. Private Motor omnibus companies were nationalised in 1958 and the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB) was established to develop rural transport and eliminate...

strikers during the time frame between 1965 and 1975. Subhani was born in Ceylon into the prominent Hassimdeen sporting family of Slave Island. He was one...

The Sri Lanka hill myna or Ceylon myna (Gracula ptilogenys) is a myna, a member of the starling family. This bird is endemic to Sri Lanka. This passerine...

formal diplomatic ties with India after Ceylon gained independence in 1948, the Government of British Ceylon maintained an official representative to...

Ferdinando, T. C. L. 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka (PDF). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 210. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-23. de Silva...

(1995). Short History of Ceylon. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-0946-4. Kings & Rulers of Sri Lanka Codrington's Short History of Ceylon v t e...

throne, scepter and sword of state. These have been used by the Monarchy of Ceylon from 1948 to 1972. The Crown of King Rajasinghe II was held by the Dodanwela...

above an Vidane but below a Muhandiram) in the native headmen system in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the colonial era. Appointed by the Government Agent,...

Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus, the Sri Lankan pit viper, Ceylon pit viper, Sri Lankan green pitviper or locally, pala polonga, (Sinhala: පළා පොළඟා)...

Essential Services Corps and the Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. In 1943, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Ceylon Defence Force. He completed...

The first national beauty pageant in Sri Lanka, initially titled Miss Ceylon, began in 1953 with Manel Illangakoon of Colombo as its first titleholder...

actions. With Ceylon gaining self rule in 1948, jurisdiction over admiralty matters were transferred to the Supreme Court of Ceylon as the Ceylon Independence...

out for discrimination by the new state of Ceylon in 1948. In the elections to the first parliament of Ceylon, seven Indian Tamil representatives were returned...

University of Jaffna; Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ceylon S. Raveendranath - Vice-Chancellor of the Eastern University of Sri Lanka...

Ichthyophis glutinosus, the Ceylon caecilian or common yellow-banded caecilian, is a species of caecilian in the family Ichthyophiidae endemic to Sri Lanka...

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

Robert Boyd was the third Accountant General and Civil Auditor in British Ceylon. He was appointed on 29 September 1802, succeeding Thomas Frazer, and held...

half-brother Ekkathat, the last king of Ayutthaya. He was then exiled to Ceylon, which had been under the Kingdom of Kandy. In 1760, Sinhalese Sangha and...

the Supreme Court of Ceylon, becoming the first female barrister in Ceylon. She was elected as the first President of the Ceylon Women Lawyers' Association...

Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (Ceylon before 1972) has published a journal since 1845. "Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society"...

Gopalan Trophy was an annual first-class cricket competition played between Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Madras (now Tamil Nadu) between 1952–53 and 2007–08...

transferred to the Abhayagiri Vihara. Ray, H.C. (1960). History of Ceylon: Vol. I: Part II. Ceylon University Press. Colombo. pp. 843–847. Senaveratna, John M...

24. Born to N. U. Jayawardena the former Governor of the Central Bank of Ceylon and Amybelle Millicent Jayawardena; he was educated at the Royal College...

currency. The issuance of the rupee banknotes began in 1895. The Government of Ceylon introduced its first paper money in the form of the 5 rupee banknote in...

Province of Ceylon (excluding Walapane). Vol. 2. State Print. Corporation. p. 806. Retrieved 6 December 2024. Census of Ceylon, 1911. Colombo: Ceylon Dept....

General Lasantha Rodrigo. The post's precursor was known as Commander of the Ceylon Defence Force. Serving army commanders have by convention been of the rank...

Ceylon Government Railway. The 1923 report "Construction of a Concrete Railway Viaduct in Ceylon", published by the Engineering Association of Ceylon...

Agriculture and Livestocks Sri Lanka Army Pioneer Corps Ceylon Rifle Regiment Ceylon Mounted Rifles Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps Colombo Town Guard Rajarata Rifles...

(Soviet) intelligence and radio traffic. Later it moved to Singapore, Colombo (Ceylon), Kilindini (Kenya), then returned to Colombo. The Colombo site was known...

was born in Colombo in 1565. At that time, the Portuguese had colonised Ceylon, and his parents converted to Catholicism. Following the death of Don Jeronimo...

known as N.Q. Dias, was a Sri Lankan civil servant. A career officer of the Ceylon Civil Service, he was the Permanent Secretary of Defence and Foreign Affairs...

Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and was elevated to Metropolitan of Goa, Ceylon and Greater India in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church. Alvares was born...

Industries and Commerce in the State Council of Ceylon and Deputy President of the Senate of Ceylon. Educated at Trinity College, Kandy and at S. Thomas'...

British Ceylon from 15 February 1796 to 1 October 1833, which consisted of the maritime districts of the former Dutch Governorate of Ceylon, which was...

to England and played a one-day single-innings match there against the Ceylon national team, which at that time did not have Test status. Australia won...

off to RNAS Colombo Racecourse in Ceylon on 21 March. The squadron moved to RNAS Katukurunda (HMS Ukussa), Ceylon, on 1 April to continue their training...

with the subsequent capture of Jaffna would mark the end of Portuguese Ceylon. The Dutch, under the leadership of Gerard Pietersz Hulft, placed the main...

Society (after the Partition of India in 1947); The Royal India, Pakistan and Ceylon Society (after 1948); Finally it was merged with the East India Association...

the Royal Navy under that name until 1 July 1808, when she became HMS Ceylon. Ceylon was briefly captured by the French Imperial Navy at the action of 18...

hurricane-force winds around 5°N the next day. Early on December 23, the storm struck Ceylon near Trincomalee with winds estimated at 240 km/h (150 mph), ranking it...

larger French squadron blockading the British base at Isle Bourbon. HMS Ceylon had been despatched by the British authorities at Madras after the Battle...

and entomologist. He specialised in algae and ferns. Ferguson entered the Ceylon civil service in 1839, arriving in the island in December of that year....

type predicates, imperative updates, and control flow. This example in Ceylon illustrates the concept: // Object? means the variable "name" is of type...

The England national cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1891–92. The team, captained by W. G. Grace, was organised, financed and managed by Lord...

the first new appointment being Dudley Senanayake as Prime Minister of Ceylon and the final being Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, whom...

Of the 245 species, 76, are listed as threatened nationally, while the Ceylon rose is designated as critically endangered. The majority of species are...

Board of Ministers was the executive body opposite the State Council of Ceylon between 1931 and 1936. It was formed in July 1931 after the state council...

established the Royal Ceylon Navy. In 1972, the "Dominion of Ceylon" became the "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" and the Royal Ceylon Navy was renamed...

joined Ratmalana Railway Mechanical Engineering Department of the then Ceylon Government Railway (present Sri Lanka Railways). In 1949 he was appointed...

of the natural history of Ceylon with narratives and anecdotes. London: Longman, Green. pp. 247–248. "Devil Bird of Ceylon". The Sunday Times. No. 1113...

shared between King Rajasinha II and the Dutch. Aparekka appears in the 1911 Ceylon Census as Uda (Upper) Aparekka, population of 1,059 in 1901 and 1,194 in...

Critical History of Jaffna, p.83 Coddrington,Ceylon Coins and Currency, p.74 Coddrington, Short history of Ceylon, p.91-92 Kunarasa, K (2003). The Jaffna Dynasty...

industry. She married Ceylonese Proctor and Notary Public, Lieutenant in the Ceylon Royal Navy Reserve, Extra Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General Hildon Sansoni...

as a port since the British Ceylon period. The Fishery Harbour in Beruwala was initially constructed in 1965 by the Ceylon Fisheries Corporation. And since...

Bank of Ceylon Central Bank of Sri Lanka Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau Ceylon Ceramics Corporation Ceylon Electricity Board Ceylon Fisheries...

branches overseas followed. In 1920, P&O Bank established a branch in Colombo, Ceylon, which it followed by establishing branches in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore...

Ceylon Year Book 1956 (PDF). Colombo, Ceylon: Department of Census and Statistics, Ceylon. pp. 10–11. Ceylon Year Book 1959 (PDF). Colombo, Ceylon: Department...

country. During Mutasiva period the existence of the pearls off the coast of Ceylon was known to the people of the country, and they Also had knowledge of the...

Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in March 1965. The SLFP government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike lost its majority in December 1964 when some MPs...

emerged in 1978 following a split in the Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist). The party was initially known as the Ceylon Communist Party (Left). The founding...

The Board of Commissioners of Currency of Ceylon was the currency board of the crown colony of Ceylon which functioned from 1884 to 1950, when its functions...

civil servant. He was the first Ceylonese Inspector General of Police and Ceylon's High Commissioner to India. Richard Aluwihare was born on 23 May 1895,...

they continued to function unceasingly. In 1938 the education system in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) was made formally free following the granting of universal...

Pachliopta jophon, the Ceylon rose or Sri Lankan rose, is a butterfly found in Sri Lanka that belongs to the swallowtail family. It was earlier classified...

movements. He was the brother of Anagarika Dharmapala. He was born in Colombo, Ceylon, to Don Carolis Hewavitharana and Mallika Dharmagoonewardena the daughter...

1625) was a Portuguese fidalgo, Governor (captain-general) of Portuguese Ceylon and viceroy of Portuguese India. He proclaimed in Colombo, in 1597, the...

Lankan monarchs History of Sri Lanka University of Ceylon (1964) Lanka Itihasaya (History of Ceylon). Translated into Sinhala by Vidyalankara University...

cricket team and became a sergeant in the college cadet platoon. Joining the Ceylon Army in 1950, he received his training at Mons Officer Cadet School, Aldershot...