Parliament of Ceylon

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The Parliament of Ceylon was the bicameral national legislature of the British Dominion of Ceylon, functioning as its supreme law-making body until the country became the Republic of Sri Lanka.

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Generate an image of the Parliament of Ceylon (The Parliament of Ceylon was the bicameral national legislature of the British Dominion of Ceylon, functioning as its supreme law-making body until the country became the Republic of Sri Lanka.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Parliament of Ceylon canonical 28
House of Representatives of Ceylon 12
Ceylon Parliament 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
parliament ⓘ
capital Colombo ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
dissolved 1972 ⓘ
endTime 22 May 1972 ⓘ
foundedBy Soulbury Constitution ⓘ
function supreme law-making body of Ceylon ⓘ
governmentType parliamentary democracy ⓘ
hasPart House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
Senate of Ceylon ⓘ
headOfStateDuringExistence Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
headOfStateTitle King of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Maharaja

Queen of Ceylon ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
jurisdiction Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
legislativeBodyFor British Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon

independent Ceylon ⓘ
legislatureOf Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
location Colombo ⓘ
Galle Face Green ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
meetsIn Colombo ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage en ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
primaryLanguage English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
replaced State Council of Ceylon ⓘ
replacedBy National State Assembly of Sri Lanka ⓘ
Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
representedBy Governor-General of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General
republicTransition Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
seat Parliament Building, Galle Face ⓘ
shortName Ceylon Parliament ⓘ
significantEvent abolished with adoption of 1972 Republican Constitution ⓘ
first meeting held 14 October 1947 ⓘ
startTime 14 October 1947 ⓘ
successorState Sri Lanka ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Ceylon ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post ⓘ
single-member constituencies ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse appointment ⓘ
indirect election ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (42)

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

Dominion of Ceylon → legislature → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Dominion of Ceylon → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Sri Lanka → legislature → Parliament of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Dudley Senanayake → parliamentaryBody → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Senate of Ceylon → partOf → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Senate of Ceylon → otherChamber → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike → memberOf → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
D. S. Senanayake → parliamentaryBody → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → hasPart → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Parliament of Ceylon → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Parliament of Ceylon → shortName → Ceylon Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
State Council of Ceylon → replacedBy → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
State Council of Ceylon → followedBy → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ceylon → nominatedBy → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Prime Minister of Ceylon → reportsTo → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Leader of the Opposition (Ceylon) → legislativeBody → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
W. Dahanayake → parliamentaryBody → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Soulbury Constitution → lowerHouse → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Parliament of Sri Lanka → replaced → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Parliament of Sri Lanka → predecessor → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Government of Ceylon → legislativeBody → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Sir John Kotelawala → parliamentaryBody → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
National State Assembly → precededBy → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
National State Assembly → replacedBody → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Don Stephen Senanayake → parliamentaryBody → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
subject linked to: Don Stephen
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
Sirimavo Bandaranaike → parliamentaryBody → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Ceylon (Constitution) Order in Council 1946 → establishedBody → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
J. R. Jayewardene → memberOf → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Cabinet of Ceylon → appliesToJurisdiction → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Cabinet of Ceylon → subordinateTo → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Politics of Ceylon → legislatureName → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon
W. Dahanayake → memberOf → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
subject linked to: Dahanayake
සීලෝන් රජය → legislativeBody → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
D. A. Rajapaksa → memberOf → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Official Language Act No. 33 of 1956 → passedBy → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
R. G. Senanayake → memberOf → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
subject linked to: R. G.
Governor-General of Ceylon → memberOf → Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
Solomon Dias Bandaranaike → memberOf → House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Parliament of Ceylon