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The Executive Council of Ceylon was the executive council created in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) by the British colonial administration on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission along with the Legislative Council of Ceylon in March 1833.
After Ceylon became a crown colony in 1802, an advisory council was formed to assist the Governor, made up of the Colonial Secretary, Chief Justice, Commander of Troops and two other members. Colonial Secretary and the other two members where civil servants.
St. Anthony's Group (St. Anthony's) is a Sri Lankan conglomerate company headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka. St. Anthony's Group owns businesses across Sri Lanka engaged in hardware, textiles, cement, roofing, media, construction, hospitality, farms, manufacturing, retail, solar and hydropower.
Early Modern Sri Lanka: Kotte: 180 1592–1739 Kandyan: 223 147 1739–1815 Nayakkar: 76 1815–1833 Modern Sri Lanka: British Ceylon: 133 Post-Kandyan: 18 Colonial monarchy: 1833–1948 115 1948–1972 Contemporary Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka since 1948: 77 Dominion: 24 Constitutional monarchy: 1972–present Republic: 53 Unitary semi-presidential ...
The two storey colonnaded building on Prince Street, Pettah (Colombo 11) which houses this museum was constructed during the Dutch occupation of Colombo (1656 - 1796) and was the formal residence of the Governor of Dutch Ceylon Thomas van Rhee (1634 - 1701) during his term of office in 1692 to 1697. [1]
Colonial Secretary Took office Left office Appointed by Colonial Secretary of Ceylon (1798–1932) 1: Hugh Cleghorn: 12 October 1798: January 1800: Frederick North-William Boyd: January 1800: September 1801 2: Robert Arbuthnot: 10 September 1801: 1806 3: John Rodney: 3 September 1806: 1833: Thomas Maitland: 4: Philip Anstruther: 1 May 1833: ...
Twilight of the tigers: peace efforts and power struggles in Sri Lanka. (Oxford University Press, 2009). Silva, K. M. de History of Sri Lanka (1982) pp 239–488 online ; Silva, R. Kumar de, and Willemina G. M. Beumer, Illustrations and Views of Dutch Ceylon, 1602–1796. Serendib Publications, London, 1988. Sivasundaram, Sujit.
Fort (Colombo) (Sinhala: කොටුව; Tamil: கோட்டை) is the central business district of Colombo in Sri Lanka. It is the financial district of Colombo and the location of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the World Trade Centre of Colombo from which the CSE operates.