Dominion of Ceylon

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The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.

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Generate an image of the Dominion of Ceylon (The Dominion of Ceylon was a British Commonwealth realm in South Asia that existed from 1948 to 1972, when it became the fully independent republic of Sri Lanka.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Commonwealth realm ⓘ
constitutional monarchy ⓘ
former country ⓘ
capital Colombo ⓘ
coatOfArms Emblem of Ceylon ⓘ
commonName Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
constitutionalChange 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka
currency Ceylon rupee ⓘ
demonym Ceylonese ⓘ
endDate 1972-05-22 ⓘ
firstPrimeMinister D. S. Senanayake ⓘ
flag Flag of Ceylon ⓘ
formerColonyOf United Kingdom ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernment D. S. Senanayake ⓘ
Dudley Senanayake ⓘ
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike ⓘ
Sirimavo Bandaranaike ⓘ
headOfState Elizabeth II ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
independenceDay February 4 ⓘ
independenceEvent Ceylon Independence Act 1947 ⓘ
independenceFrom United Kingdom ⓘ
judicialBody Supreme Court of Ceylon ⓘ
largestCity Colombo ⓘ
lastMonarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
lastPrimeMinister Sirimavo Bandaranaike ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Ceylon ⓘ
locatedIn South Asia ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of Ceylon ⓘ
memberOf Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
monarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
George VI ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Sinhala ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
predecessorState British Ceylon ⓘ
religionMajority Buddhism ⓘ
startDate 1948-02-04 ⓘ
successorState Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka ⓘ
todayPartOf Sri Lanka ⓘ
UNAdmissionDate 1955-12-14 ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Ceylon ⓘ

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

George VI → monarchOf → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Roman-Dutch law → appliedIn → Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
Commonwealth countries → hasMember → Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → locatedInPresentDay → Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
Bandung Conference → attendedBy → Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
British Ceylon → successor → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
British Ceylon → gainedIndependenceAs → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Dominions of the British Empire → appliedTo → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Dudley Senanayake → countryOfCitizenship → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Senate of Ceylon → legislatureOf → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Senate of Ceylon → historicalPeriod → British Dominion period of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
Senate of Ceylon → historicalCountry → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Emblem of Ceylon → usedBy → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Ceylon Independence Act 1947 → appliesTo → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → country → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → legislatureOf → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Parliament of Ceylon → legislativeBodyFor → British Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
Supreme Court of Ceylon → locatedIn → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Flag of Ceylon → usedBy → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Flag of Ceylon → usedBy → British Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
Soulbury Constitution → createdPoliticalEntity → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Government of Ceylon → constitutionalStatus → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Sirimavo Bandaranaike → countryOfCitizenship → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Ceylon Civil Service → countryAfterIndependence → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
subject linked to: CCS
Cabinet of Ceylon → appliesToJurisdiction → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Cabinet of Ceylon → jurisdiction → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
M. D. Banda → politicalTerritory → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
subject linked to: M. D. Banda (acting)
King of Ceylon → titleUsedDuring → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
King of Ceylon → headOfStateOf → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
Republican Constitution of 1972 → transformed → Ceylon into the Republic of Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
Governor-General of Ceylon → country → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
territory of Ceylon → usedByPoliticalEntity → Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
territory of Ceylon → usedByPoliticalEntity → Kingdom of Ceylon (1948–1972) ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon
territory of Ceylon → usedAsTerritoryUntil → Republic of Sri Lanka (1972) ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon