King of Ceylon

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The King of Ceylon was the monarch who served as the ceremonial head of state of Ceylon during its period as a constitutional monarchy under British rule.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
King-Emperor of Ceylon 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial head of state
monarchical office
alsoMonarchOf United Kingdom NERFINISHED
other Commonwealth realms
appliesToJurisdiction Ceylon NERFINISHED
appointed Governor-General of Ceylon NERFINISHED
capitalOfRealm Colombo NERFINISHED
category Monarchy in Sri Lanka
constitutingInstrument Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 NERFINISHED
Ceylon Independence Act 1947 NERFINISHED
constitutionalStatus constitutional monarchy
country Ceylon NERFINISHED
dissolutionCause adoption of republican constitution of Sri Lanka in 1972
endTime 1972
firstMonarch George VI NERFINISHED
flagCaption Royal Standard of the King of Ceylon NERFINISHED
followedBy President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
governmentForm parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarch
headOfStateOf Dominion of Ceylon NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod 20th century
inception 1948
lastMonarch Elizabeth II NERFINISHED
legalSystem based on British constitutional monarchy
memberOf Commonwealth of Nations NERFINISHED
monarchAtAbolition Elizabeth II NERFINISHED
monarchDuringIndependence George VI NERFINISHED
nativeNameLanguage English
officeAbolished 1972-05-22
officeCreated 1948-02-04
officeType hereditary monarchy
officialLanguageOfRealm English NERFINISHED
Sinhala
Tamil
partOf British Empire
Commonwealth realm NERFINISHED
Constitutional monarchy in Ceylon
replacedBy President of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
representedBy Governor-General of Ceylon NERFINISHED
residence Buckingham Palace NERFINISHED
role ceremonial head of state
style Her Majesty NERFINISHED
His Majesty
successorState Republic of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED
titleUsedDuring Dominion of Ceylon NERFINISHED

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

Government of Ceylon headOfStateTitle King of Ceylon
Queen of Ceylon predecessor King of Ceylon
this entity surface form: King-Emperor of Ceylon