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CHI Limited was a pioneer in the industry in the use of Tetra Pak packaging for its dairy product, Hollandia. [8] On 30 January 2016, Coca-Cola announced a binding agreement for The Coca-Cola Company to acquire an initial minority equity shareholding in Chi Limited. Within the agreement, Coca-Cola made an initial 40 percent equity investment in ...
Took office Left office Head of state Head of government Governing party; 1 D. S. Senanayake cabinet: 24 September 1947: 22 March 1952: George VI (1947–1952) D. S. Senanayake: United National Party: 2 Dudley Senanayake cabinet I: 22 March 1952: 12 October 1953: Elizabeth II (1952–1972) Dudley Senanayake: 3 Kotelawala cabinet: 12 October ...
South Asian ethnic groups - Sinhalese people Sri Lankan Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors, Sri Lankan Malays and Burgher People The native headmen system was an integral part of the administration of the island of Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka ) under the successive European colonial powers, namely the Portuguese Empire , the Dutch East India Company ...
Term of office Monarch Took office Left office 1 Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore: 4 February 1948 6 July 1949 George VI r. 1948–1952: 2 Herwald Ramsbotham, 1st Viscount Soulbury: 6 July 1949 17 July 1954 Elizabeth II r. 1952–1972: 3 Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke: 17 July 1954 2 March 1962 4 William Gopallawa, MBE: 2 March 1962 22 May 1972
With Ceylon gaining self-rule and dominion status with the creation of Dominion of Ceylon in 1948, this office was replaced by the Governor-General, who represented the British monarch as the head of state. The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1972 and replaced by the post of President when Sri Lanka became a republic.
Archaeological evidence for the beginnings of the Iron Age in Sri Lanka is found at Anuradhapura, where a large city–settlement was founded before 900 BCE. The settlement was about 15 hectares in 900 BCE, but by 700 BCE it had expanded to 50 hectares. [ 15 ]
President's House is the official residence and workplace of the President of Sri Lanka, located at Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka.Since 1804 it had been the residence of British Governors and Governors-General and was known as the "King's House" or the "Queen's House" until Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972.
In the Indian epic Ramayana, the mythological island Lanka has been often identified with Sri Lanka. The inhabitants of Lanka were mentioned as non-humans, mainly referring to the Rakshasas and Yakshas, but also mentioning the Nagas. [10] Indrajit, the son of Ravana was married to Sulochana, a Naga princess. [38]