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The defenses of Sri Lanka were beefed up to three British army divisions because the island was strategically important, holding almost all the British Empire's resources of rubber. Rationing was instituted so that Sri Lankans were comparatively better fed than their Indian neighbours, in order to prevent disaffection among the natives.
The British Ceylon period is the history of Sri Lanka between 1815 and 1948. It follows the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom into the hands of the British Empire. [ 6 ] It ended over 2300 years of Sinhalese monarchy rule on the island. [ 7 ]
A defaced national flag of Sri Lanka with Coat of arms of Sri Lanka. 1972 – Flag of the Sri Lanka Army: The army flag defaced with the insignia of the Sri Lanka Army. 1972 – Naval Ensign of Sri Lanka: A defaced white ensign with the flag of Sri Lanka in the canton influenced by the British design. 2010 – Air Force Ensign of Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka: Ceylon: 4 February: 1948: Gained independence as the Dominion of Ceylon. Renamed Sri Lanka in 1972 upon being declared a republic. Sudan: 1 January: 1956 South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011. Tanganyika: 9 December: 1961: Tanganyika became independent on 9 December 1961. It joined with Zanzibar on 25 April 1964 ...
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sinha Flag Lion Flag: Use: Civil and state flag, civil ensign: Proportion: 1:2: Adopted: 22 May 1972: Design: A golden field with two panels: the smaller hoist-side panel has only two vertical bands of teal and orange and the larger fly-side panel is the maroon field depicting the golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw in the ...
c. 1040 – The Anglo-Saxon Cotton World Map shows westward as far as the British Isles and eastward as far as India and Taprobanen (the Anglo-Saxon name for Sri Lanka). At this time, Sri Lanka is the most distant land known to the Anglo-Saxons. [13] 1300 – The Hereford Mappa Mundi is a medieval English world map created by Richard of ...
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