Politics of Ceylon

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Politics of Ceylon refers to the political system, institutions, parties, and historical developments of the former British colony and later independent state now known as Sri Lanka, prior to its republican transition.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Political history of Sri Lanka 1
Politics of Ceylon canonical 1

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political history
politics of a former state
appliesToCurrentCountry Sri Lanka
appliesToTerritory Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka
capitalCity Colombo
colonialPower United Kingdom
constitutionalInstrument Ceylon Independence Act 1947
Donoughmore Constitution
Soulbury Constitution
dominantIdeologicalIssue ethnic relations between Sinhalese and Tamils
language policy
electoralSystemFeature universal adult franchise introduced in 1931
governmentForm British crown colony
constitutional monarchy
parliamentary democracy
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Ceylon
headOfStateTitle Governor of Ceylon
Governor‑General of Ceylon
includesPeriod British colonial rule in Ceylon
post‑independence Dominion of Ceylon
internationalStatus Dominion within the Commonwealth of Nations
judicialBody Supreme Court of Ceylon
keyEvent Ceylon becoming a republic in 1972
Donoughmore Constitution of 1931
Kandyan Convention of 1815
linked to: Kandyan Convention

Soulbury Constitution of 1947
independence of Ceylon in 1948
legislatureName House of Representatives of Ceylon
Senate of Ceylon
State Council of Ceylon
legislatureType bicameral legislature
majorPoliticalAlliance Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
majorPoliticalParty Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Lanka Sama Samaja Party
Sri Lanka Freedom Party
United National Party
monarchAsHeadOfState Elizabeth II
George VI
notableLeader D. S. Senanayake
G. G. Ponnambalam
J. R. Jayewardene
S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
linked to: G. G. Ponnambalam

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
partySystem multi‑party system
previousColonialPower Netherlands
Portugal
significantLaw Official Language Act of 1956
timePeriodEnd 1972
timePeriodStart 1815
transitionOutcome Republic of Sri Lanka in 1972

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

Leader of the Opposition (Ceylon) category Politics of Ceylon
office of Governor-General of Ceylon category Political history of Sri Lanka
linked to: Politics of Ceylon