Sri Lankan independence movement

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independence movement social movement

The Sri Lankan independence movement was a political and social campaign in British Ceylon that sought and ultimately achieved the island’s transition from colonial rule to self-governance in 1948.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sri Lankan independence movement canonical	2
Ceylonese independence movement	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independence movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ
country	British Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ
endDate	1948-02-04 ⓘ
follows	British annexation of the Kingdom of Kandy NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal	independence from British rule ⓘ self-governance ⓘ
hasPart	Ceylon National Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Donoughmore Constitution agitation ⓘ Lanka Sama Samaja Party activities ⓘ Soulbury Commission negotiations ⓘ State Council constitutional struggles ⓘ constitutional reform campaigns in Ceylon ⓘ temperance movement in Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ trade union activism in Ceylon ⓘ youth leagues in Ceylon ⓘ
ideology	Buddhist nationalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceylonese nationalism ⓘ Tamil political mobilization ⓘ liberal constitutionalism ⓘ socialism ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ
influenced	Sri Lankan constitutional development ⓘ Sri Lankan national identity ⓘ post-independence politics of Sri Lanka ⓘ
influencedBy	Buddhist revival movement in Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceylonese temperance movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian independence movement ⓘ global anti-colonial movements ⓘ
keyFigure	A. E. Goonesinha NERFINISHED ⓘ Anagarika Dharmapala NERFINISHED ⓘ Colvin R. de Silva NERFINISHED ⓘ D. S. Senanayake NERFINISHED ⓘ Dudley Senanayake NERFINISHED ⓘ F. R. Senanayake NERFINISHED ⓘ G. G. Ponnambalam NERFINISHED ⓘ James Peiris NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Goonewardene NERFINISHED ⓘ N. M. Perera NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Gunawardena NERFINISHED ⓘ Ponnambalam Arunachalam NERFINISHED ⓘ Ponnambalam Ramanathan NERFINISHED ⓘ S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike NERFINISHED ⓘ T. B. Jayah NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Sinhala NERFINISHED ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
location	Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ
method	constitutional agitation ⓘ negotiation with British authorities ⓘ parliamentary politics ⓘ petitions and deputations ⓘ public meetings and protests ⓘ strikes and labour agitation ⓘ
opponent	British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ British colonial administration in Ceylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	Dominion of Ceylon established ⓘ adoption of the Soulbury Constitution ⓘ transfer of power from British colonial rule to Ceylonese leaders ⓘ
result	independence of Ceylon ⓘ
significantEvent	Ceylon Independence Act 1947 NERFINISHED ⓘ Donoughmore Constitution of 1931 NERFINISHED ⓘ Soulbury Commission of 1944 NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II political mobilization in Ceylon ⓘ formation of the All Ceylon Tamil Congress in 1944 ⓘ formation of the Ceylon Labour Party in 1928 ⓘ formation of the Ceylon National Congress in 1919 ⓘ formation of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party in 1935 ⓘ formation of the Sinhala Maha Sabha in 1936 ⓘ granting of Dominion status to Ceylon in 1948 ⓘ
startDate	late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Woodlands, Colombo → associatedWithEvent → Sri Lankan independence movement ⓘ

Don Stephen → movement → Sri Lankan independence movement ⓘ

subject surface form: Don Stephen Senanayake

this entity surface form: Ceylonese independence movement

Fredrick Richard Senanayake → politicalMovement → Sri Lankan independence movement ⓘ