CCS

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CCS is the abbreviated name for the Ceylon Civil Service, the former elite administrative service of British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
CCS canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil service
colonial administrative service
abbreviation CCS
administrativeLevel central government
alsoKnownAs Ceylon Civil Service (CCS)
colonialPower United Kingdom
continent Asia
country British Ceylon
countryAfterIndependence Dominion of Ceylon
countryDuringExistence British Ceylon
countryNow Sri Lanka
eliteStatus yes
employer Government of Ceylon
fieldOfWork public administration
historicalPeriod British colonial period in Ceylon
jurisdiction Government of Ceylon
languageOfWorkOrName English
Sinhala
Tamil
location Colombo
namedAfter Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka
operatedInTerritory Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka
partOf colonial administration of Ceylon
region South Asia
replacedBy Sri Lanka Administrative Service
responsibleFor district administration
implementation of government policy
revenue collection
selectionMethod competitive examination
serviceType administrative service
civil service
shortName CCS
status defunct
successor Sri Lanka Administrative Service

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Ceylon Civil Service shortName CCS
subject linked to: CCS
Ceylon Civil Service abbreviation CCS
subject linked to: CCS