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The British Ceylon period is the history of Sri Lanka between 1815 and 1948. ... Central Province in 1905. Following the suppression of the Uva Rebellion, ...
The North Eastern Province was formally demerged into the Eastern and Northern provinces on 1 January 2007. Eastern Provincial Council Elections for a provincial council for the demerged Eastern Province were held on 10 May 2008. The Northern province was ruled directly from Colombo until 21 September 2013 when elections were held.
Ceylon [1] [3] was an independent country in the Commonwealth of Nations from 1948 to 1972, that shared a monarch with other dominions of the Commonwealth.In 1948, the British Colony of Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon.
The short lived North Eastern Province. The number of provinces remained static until September 1988 when, in accordance with the Indo-Lanka Accord, President J. R. Jayewardene issued proclamations enabling the Northern and Eastern provinces to be one administrative unit administered by one elected council, creating the North Eastern Province. [12]
In 1955, the district replaced the province as the country's main administrative unit. [10] Ampara District was created in April 1961, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] followed by the creation of Mullaitivu and Gampaha districts in September 1978 [ 13 ] through a new constitution , which also reintroduced the province as the main administrative unit. [ 14 ]
The British found that the uplands of Sri Lanka were very suitable for coffee, tea and rubber cultivation. By the mid-19th century, Ceylon tea had become a staple of the British market, bringing great wealth to a small number of European tea planters.
Burgher people, also known simply as Burghers, are a small Eurasian ethnic group in Sri Lanka descended from Portuguese, Dutch, British [2] [3] and other Europeans who settled in Ceylon. [4] The Portuguese and Dutch had held some of the maritime provinces of the island for centuries before the advent of the British Empire.
The governor of Ceylon was the representative in Ceylon of the British Crown from 1795 to 1948. In this capacity, the governor was president of the Executive Council and Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces in Ceylon. The governor was the head of the British colonial administration in Ceylon, reporting to the Colonial Office.