British Ceylon

E13053

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.

Aliases (8)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former British colony → historical polity →
alsoKnownAs	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 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	island of Ceylon →
majorExport	coconut products → coffee → rubber → tea →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	British Empire →
predecessor	Dutch Ceylon → Kingdom of Kandy →
region	South Asia →
religion	Buddhism → Christianity → Hinduism → Islam →
startDate	1796 →
successor	Dominion of Ceylon → Sri Lanka →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bengal Presidency ("Ceylon (at certain early periods)") → State Council of Ceylon ("Crown colony of Ceylon") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Ceylon rupee → Governor of Ceylon →	country
King of Kandy → Nayakkar dynasty ("British Ceylon administration") →	followedBy
Governor of Ceylon ("Crown colony of Ceylon") → Governor of Ceylon →	governs
Emblem of Ceylon → Fort Frederick →	usedBy
British Ceylon ("Crown Colony of Ceylon") →	alsoKnownAs
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha ("British Ceylon administration") →	annexedBy
Legislative Council of Ceylon →	appliesToTerritory
Sinhalese people →	colonialExperience
Ceylon rupee →	formerOfficialCurrencyOf
British Empire ("Ceylon under British rule") →	hasPart
Legislative Council of Ceylon ("British colonial period in Ceylon") →	historicalPeriod
Sri Lankan Moors →	historicalPresence
Asia (colonial possessions) ("Ceylon under British rule") →	includes
State Council of Ceylon ("Crown colony of Ceylon") →	legislativeBodyFor
Supreme Court of Ceylon →	locatedIn
State Council of Ceylon →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Nayakkar dynasty ("British Empire in Ceylon") →	opponent
Kandyan Convention ("British colonisation of Sri Lanka") →	partOf
Dominion of Ceylon →	predecessorState
Governor of Ceylon →	seeAlso
Kandyan Convention →	significantEventFor
Kingdom of Kandy →	successor
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) →	successorState
Ceylon Independence Act 1947 →	territorialContext
Ceylon rupee →	usedIn