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List of Sri Lankan flags; List of Sri Lankan politicians; List of flags by color combination; List of sovereign states in the 1950s; M. D. Banda; M. S. Kariapper; Maithripala Senanayake; Montague Jayawickrama; N. H. Keerthiratne; N. M. Perera; New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games; P. B. Bulankulame; Pakistan at the 1948 Summer Olympics ...
Edward Barnes (British Army officer) Executive council (Commonwealth countries) Flag of Sri Lanka; Flags of Asia; Florence Senanayake; G. G. Ponnambalam; Gratien Fernando; Herbert Stanley; Hudson Lowe; Hugh Clifford (colonial administrator) I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle; Indian Ocean in World War II; Indian Ocean raid; J. R. Jayewardene; James Peiris
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
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.
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 ...
British Empire flag of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial: An unofficial flag of the British Empire featuring its constituent dominions and India. A unique design was featured at the 1921 opening of the Dangarsleigh War Memorial, and it is still sometimes flown today on special occasions. [11] Post 1930–c. 1945: British Empire flag
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 ...