Dominion of Ceylon

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Commonwealth realm constitutional monarchy former country

The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dominion of Ceylon canonical 22
Sri Lanka 3
British Dominion of Ceylon 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth realm ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
former country ⓘ
capital Colombo ⓘ
coatOfArms Emblem of Ceylon ⓘ
commonName Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon
constitutionalChange 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Ceylon
currency Ceylon rupee ⓘ
demonym Ceylonese ⓘ
endDate 1972-05-22 ⓘ
firstPrimeMinister D. S. Senanayake ⓘ
flag Flag of Ceylon ⓘ
formerColonyOf United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernment D. S. Senanayake ⓘ
Dudley Senanayake ⓘ
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ⓘ
Sirimavo Bandaranaike ⓘ
headOfState Elizabeth II ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
independenceDay February 4 ⓘ
independenceEvent Ceylon Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
judicialBody Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ
largestCity Colombo ⓘ
lastMonarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
lastPrimeMinister Sirimavo Bandaranaike ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
lowerHouse Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
surface form: House of Representatives of Ceylon
memberOf Commonwealth countries ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Nations

United Nations ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
predecessorState British Ceylon ⓘ
religionMajority Buddhism ⓘ
startDate 1948-02-04 ⓘ
successorState Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka ⓘ
todayPartOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
UNAdmissionDate 1955-12-14 ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Ceylon ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

George VI → monarchOf → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Roman-Dutch law → appliedIn → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka
Commonwealth countries → hasMember → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → locatedInPresentDay → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sri Lanka
Bandung Conference → attendedBy → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ceylon
British Ceylon → successor → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
British Ceylon → gainedIndependenceAs → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Dominions of the British Empire → appliedTo → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Dudley Senanayake → countryOfCitizenship → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Senate of Ceylon → legislatureOf → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Senate of Ceylon → historicalPeriod → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Dominion period of Ceylon
Senate of Ceylon → historicalCountry → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Emblem of Ceylon → usedBy → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Ceylon Independence Act 1947 → appliesTo → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → country → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → legislatureOf → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → legislativeBodyFor → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Dominion of Ceylon
Supreme Court of Ceylon → locatedIn → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Flag of Ceylon → usedBy → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Flag of Ceylon → usedBy → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Dominion of Ceylon
Prime Minister of Ceylon → appliesToJurisdiction → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Minister of Agriculture and Lands of Ceylon → locatedIn → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Soulbury Constitution → createdPoliticalEntity → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Government of Ceylon → constitutionalStatus → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Independence Day of Ceylon → politicalStatusAfterEvent → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike → countryOfCitizenship → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
subject surface form: Sirimavo Bandaranaike
office of Governor-General of Ceylon → appliesToJurisdiction → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
office of Governor-General of Ceylon → stateHeadTitleFor → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Executive Committee of Finance → countryAfterIndependence → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ