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.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Commonwealth realm → constitutional monarchy → former country →
capital	Colombo →
coatOfArms	Emblem of Ceylon →
commonName	Ceylon →
constitutionalChange	1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka →
continent	Asia →
country	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	House of Representatives of Ceylon →
memberOf	Commonwealth of Nations → United Nations →
monarch	Elizabeth II → George VI →
officialLanguage	English → Sinhala → Tamil →
predecessorState	British Ceylon →
religionMajority	Buddhism →
startDate	1948-02-04 →
successorState	Republic of Sri Lanka → Sri Lanka →
todayPartOf	Sri Lanka →
UNAdmissionDate	1955-12-14 →
upperHouse	Senate of Ceylon →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Emblem of Ceylon → Flag of Ceylon → Flag of Ceylon ("British Dominion of Ceylon") →	usedBy
Parliament of Ceylon → Senate of Ceylon →	legislatureOf
Roman-Dutch law ("Sri Lanka") →	appliedIn
Dominions of the British Empire →	appliedTo
Ceylon Independence Act 1947 →	appliesTo
Bandung Conference ("Ceylon") →	attendedBy
Parliament of Ceylon →	country
Dudley Senanayake →	countryOfCitizenship
British Ceylon →	gainedIndependenceAs
Commonwealth countries ("Sri Lanka") →	hasMember
Senate of Ceylon →	historicalCountry
Senate of Ceylon ("British Dominion period of Ceylon") →	historicalPeriod
Parliament of Ceylon ("British Dominion of Ceylon") →	legislativeBodyFor
Supreme Court of Ceylon →	locatedIn
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ("Sri Lanka") →	locatedInPresentDay
George VI →	monarchOf
British Ceylon →	successor