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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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