Flag of Ceylon

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historical flag national flag

The Flag of Ceylon was the national flag used by the British Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from independence in 1948 until the country became a republic in 1972.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of Sri Lanka	3
Flag of Ceylon canonical	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical flag ⓘ national flag ⓘ
abolishedDate	1972-05-22 ⓘ
adoptionDate	1948-02-04 ⓘ
associatedWith	Commonwealth realm status of Ceylon ⓘ
boLeavesRepresent	Buddhism ⓘ Four Noble Truths ⓘ
borderColor	gold ⓘ
category	Flags of former countries ⓘ National symbols of Ceylon ⓘ
color	crimson ⓘ gold ⓘ green ⓘ orange ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Ceylon Sri Lanka ⓘ
design	golden lion holding a kastane sword on a crimson field with four golden bo leaves in the corners and two vertical stripes at the hoist ⓘ
designElement	four Bo leaves ⓘ kastane sword ⓘ lion passant holding a sword ⓘ vertical green stripe ⓘ vertical orange stripe ⓘ
era	post-independence Ceylon ⓘ
fieldColor	crimson ⓘ
greenStripeRepresents	Muslim Moors ⓘ
historicalPeriod	1948–1972 ⓘ
introducedAfter	independence of Ceylon from the United Kingdom ⓘ
lionRepresents	Sinhalese ethnicity ⓘ
orangeStripeRepresents	Tamil people ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan Tamils
predecessor	British Blue Ensign ⓘ surface form: British Blue Ensign with Ceylon badge
proportion	1:2 ⓘ
replacedBy	Flag of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Flag of Sri Lanka
scriptOnFlag	none ⓘ
sideRatio	1:2 ⓘ
status	defunct national flag ⓘ
successorState	Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka
symbolizes	Buddhism ⓘ Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ surface form: Muslim Moors of Ceylon Sinhalese people ⓘ Tamil people ⓘ sovereignty of Ceylon ⓘ
usedBy	Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ surface form: British Dominion of Ceylon Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
usedFrom	1948 ⓘ
usedIn	government buildings in Ceylon ⓘ official ceremonies of Ceylon ⓘ
usedUntil	1972 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Dominion of Ceylon → flag → Flag of Ceylon ⓘ

Flag of Ceylon → replacedBy → Flag of Ceylon self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Sri Lanka

Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington, D.C. → usesFlag → Flag of Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Sri Lanka

Flags of Asia → includes → Flag of Ceylon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Flag of Sri Lanka

Government of Ceylon → usedFlag → Flag of Ceylon ⓘ