Ceylon National Congress

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ceylon_National_Congress
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:political_party
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:dissolved 1946
gptkbp:founded 1919
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Sir_Ponnambalam_Arunachalam
gptkb:Sir_D._B._Jayatilaka
gptkb:Sir_James_Peiris
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Colombo
gptkbp:historicalSignificance major role in Sri Lankan independence movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ceylon National Congress
gptkbp:language gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Sinhala
English
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:T._B._Jayah
gptkb:D._S._Senanayake
gptkb:A._E._Goonesinha
gptkb:E._W._Perera
gptkb:F._R._Senanayake
gptkb:H._W._Amarasuriya
gptkb:Sir_Don_Stephen_Senanayake
gptkb:Sir_Ponnambalam_Ramanathan
gptkb:Sir_Baron_Jayatilaka
gptkbp:political_position centre-left
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ceylon_National_Association
gptkb:Ceylon_Reform_League
gptkbp:purpose promote self-government in Ceylon
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_National_Party
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:D._S._Senanayake
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6