British Ceylon

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former British colony historical polity

British Ceylon was the British colonial possession in the Indian Ocean that encompassed the island of present-day Sri Lanka from the late 18th century until its independence in 1948.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
British Ceylon canonical	52
British colonial period in Ceylon	10
British Ceylon administration	4
Crown colony of Ceylon	4
Ceylon under British rule	2
colonial Ceylon	2
British Ceylon period	1
British Crown Colony of Ceylon	1
British Empire in Ceylon	1
British colonial period in Sri Lanka	1
British colonisation of Sri Lanka	1
Ceylon (at certain early periods)	1
Crown Colony of Ceylon	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British colony ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British Ceylon ⓘ surface form: Crown Colony of Ceylon
capital	Colombo ⓘ Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
commonLanguage	Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
currency	Ceylon rupee ⓘ Indian rupee ⓘ
demography	Burgher community ⓘ Muslim minority ⓘ Sinhalese majority ⓘ Tamil minority ⓘ
endDate	1948 ⓘ
establishedAsColony	1802 ⓘ
establishedByTreaty	Treaty of Amiens ⓘ
flag	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Jack
gainedIndependenceAs	Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of Ceylon ⓘ
headOfState	British monarch ⓘ
independenceDate	1948-02-04 ⓘ
introducedBy	British East India Company ⓘ
introducedCrop	coffee ⓘ rubber ⓘ tea ⓘ
legalSystem	British colonial law ⓘ
legislature	Legislative Council of Ceylon ⓘ State Council of Ceylon ⓘ
locatedIn	Indian Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: island of Ceylon
majorExport	coconut products ⓘ coffee ⓘ rubber ⓘ tea ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ⓘ surface form: Dutch Ceylon Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Kandy
region	South Asia ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
startDate	1796 ⓘ
successor	Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ

Referenced by (81)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → successorState → British Ceylon ⓘ

British Empire → hasPart → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon under British rule

Dominion of Ceylon → predecessorState → British Ceylon ⓘ

Asia (colonial possessions) → includes → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon under British rule

British Ceylon → alsoKnownAs → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown Colony of Ceylon

Kingdom of Kandy (interior Sri Lanka) → successor → British Ceylon ⓘ

subject surface form: Kingdom of Kandy

Bengal Presidency → appliesToJurisdiction → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ceylon (at certain early periods)

Emblem of Ceylon → usedBy → British Ceylon ⓘ

Ceylon rupee → country → British Ceylon ⓘ

Ceylon rupee → usedIn → British Ceylon ⓘ

Ceylon rupee → formerOfficialCurrencyOf → British Ceylon ⓘ

Ceylon Independence Act 1947 → territorialContext → British Ceylon ⓘ

Supreme Court of Ceylon → locatedIn → British Ceylon ⓘ

Sinhalese people → colonialExperience → British Ceylon ⓘ

Kandyan Convention → partOf → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonisation of Sri Lanka

Kandyan Convention → significantEventFor → British Ceylon ⓘ

Nayakkar dynasty → followedBy → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Ceylon administration

Nayakkar dynasty → opponent → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Empire in Ceylon

Sri Vikrama Rajasinha → annexedBy → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Ceylon administration

Sri Lankan Moors → historicalPresence → British Ceylon ⓘ

Fort Frederick → usedBy → British Ceylon ⓘ

Governor of Ceylon → country → British Ceylon ⓘ

Governor of Ceylon → governs → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown colony of Ceylon

Governor of Ceylon → governs → British Ceylon ⓘ

Governor of Ceylon → seeAlso → British Ceylon ⓘ

Legislative Council of Ceylon → appliesToTerritory → British Ceylon ⓘ

Legislative Council of Ceylon → historicalPeriod → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial period in Ceylon

King of Kandy → followedBy → British Ceylon ⓘ

State Council of Ceylon → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → British Ceylon ⓘ

State Council of Ceylon → legislativeBodyFor → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown colony of Ceylon

State Council of Ceylon → appliesToJurisdiction → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown colony of Ceylon

Indo-Saracenic architecture → developedIn → British Ceylon ⓘ

Sinhalese → colonialHistory → British Ceylon ⓘ

Ceylon Civil Service → appliesToJurisdiction → British Ceylon ⓘ

Easter Sunday Raid → countryAtLocation → British Ceylon ⓘ

Ceylon Defence Force → country → British Ceylon ⓘ

British colonial intelligence → appliesToJurisdiction → British Ceylon ⓘ

Minister of Agriculture and Lands of Ceylon → locatedIn → British Ceylon ⓘ

Mannar District (Tamil-speaking areas) → colonialHistory → British Ceylon ⓘ

Board of Commissioners of Currency, Ceylon → jurisdiction → British Ceylon ⓘ

Queen of Ceylon → predecessorState → British Ceylon ⓘ

judiciary of Ceylon → timePeriod → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial period in Ceylon

Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike → birthPlace → British Ceylon ⓘ

subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 → appliesTo → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Crown Colony of Ceylon

St. John Philby → birthCountry → British Ceylon ⓘ

Dutch Burgher → historicalPeriod → British Ceylon ⓘ

Colonial Secretary of Ceylon → country → British Ceylon ⓘ

Colonial Secretary of Ceylon → historicalPeriod → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial period in Ceylon

Colonial Secretary of Ceylon → seeAlso → British Ceylon ⓘ

Colonial Secretary of Ceylon → hasJurisdiction → British Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Crown colony of Ceylon