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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Dominion of Ceylon canonical 22
Sri Lanka 3
British Dominion of Ceylon 2

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

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