British Ceylon facts for kids
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Ceylon
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1815–1948 | |||||||||||||
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![]() British Ceylon, ca. 1914
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Status | British Colony | ||||||||||||
Capital | Colombo | ||||||||||||
Common languages | English (Official), Sinhala and Tamil |
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Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1815–20
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George III (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1936–48
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George VI (last) | ||||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1798–1805
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Frederick North (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1944–48
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Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (last) | ||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1947–48
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Don Stephen Senanayake | ||||||||||||
Legislature | Legislative Council (1833–1931) State Council (1931–47) Parliament (1947—48) |
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Historical era | British Ceylon period | ||||||||||||
• Kandyan Convention
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5 March 1815 | ||||||||||||
• Independence
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4 February 1948 | ||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
1881 | 65,610 km2 (25,330 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
1891 | 65,610 km2 (25,330 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
1901 | 65,610 km2 (25,330 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
1924 | 65,992 km2 (25,480 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
1946 | 65,610 km2 (25,330 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1881
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2,759,700 | ||||||||||||
• 1891
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3,007,800 | ||||||||||||
• 1901
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3,565,900 | ||||||||||||
• 1924
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4,574,550 | ||||||||||||
• 1946
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6,657,300 | ||||||||||||
Currency | Ceylonese rixdollar (1815–28) British pound (1825–71) Ceylonese rupee (1872—1948) |
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Source for 1924 area and population:
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Ceylon (Sinhala: බ්රිතාන්ය ලංකාව, Brithānya Laṃkāva; Tamil: பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, Birithaniya Ilangai) was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between 1815 and 1948. Initially the area it covered did not include the Kingdom of Kandy, which was a protectorate, but from 1817 to 1948 the British possessions included the whole island of Ceylon, now the nation of Sri Lanka.
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