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The CDF was under the command of the General Officer Commanding, Ceylon, of the British Army in Ceylon if mobilised. However, mobilisation could be carried out only under orders from the Governor. The Ceylon Defence Force has seen action in a number of wars such as the Second Boer War and both World Wars. It is the predecessor to the Ceylon ...
List of notable Dutch colonial buildings built by or during the Dutch Governorate of Ceylon in present-day Sri Lanka.The Dutch Ceylon was a Governorate established by the Dutch East India Company and lasted from 1640 until 1796.
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.
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]
Emergency'58: the story of the Ceylon race riots (London: Andre Deutsch, 1958). Wickramasinghe, Nira (2015). Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-025755-2. Woodcock, George. "The Kings of Kandy" History Today (Dec 1963) 13#12 pp 852–862, covers 1505 to 1833.
People from British Ceylon (11 C, 622 P) Prisoners and detainees of British Ceylon (2 C, 24 P) S. Sri Lankan independence movement (2 C, 23 P) T.
The Ceylon Observer: English Colombo: British Ceylon: It was founded in 1834 as The Observer and Commercial Advertiser and was published from Colombo. It ceased publication in 1982. 1834 Sunday Observer: English Colombo: British Ceylon: This paper, first published on 4 February 1834, was edited by E. J. Darley and George Winter. 1838 The Times ...
Warakapola (Sinhala: වරකාපොල; Tamil: வரகாபொல) is a town situated in the Dedigama Electorate of the Kegalle District, which is part of the Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka. Warakapola falls under the administrative unit of the Warakapola Divisional Secretariat and the local governance of the Warakapola Pradeshiya Sabha.