British Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies (1802–1833) Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies (1833–1931) Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies (1931–1948) | |||||||||||||
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1796–1948 | |||||||||||||
Anthem: God Save the King (1796–1837; 1901–1948) God Save the Queen (1837–1901) | |||||||||||||
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Capital | Colombo | ||||||||||||
Common languages | |||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1815–1820 | George III (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1820–1830 | George IV | ||||||||||||
• 1830–1837 | William IV | ||||||||||||
• 1837–1901 | Victoria | ||||||||||||
• 1901–1910 | Edward VII | ||||||||||||
• 1910–1936 | George V | ||||||||||||
• 1936 | Edward VIII | ||||||||||||
• 1936–1948 | George VI (last) | ||||||||||||
Governor | |||||||||||||
• 1798–1805 | Frederick North (first) | ||||||||||||
• 1944–1948 | Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (last) | ||||||||||||
Prime Minister | |||||||||||||
• 1947–1948 | Don Stephen Senanayake | ||||||||||||
Legislature |
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Historical era | British Ceylon period | ||||||||||||
5 March 1796 | |||||||||||||
• Establishment of dual administration | 12 October 1798 | ||||||||||||
25 March 1802 | |||||||||||||
2 March 1815 | |||||||||||||
4 February 1948 | |||||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||||
1946[1] | 65,993 km2 (25,480 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||
• 1827[2] | 889,584[c] | ||||||||||||
• 1901[2] | 3,565,954 | ||||||||||||
• 1946[2] | 6,657,339 | ||||||||||||
Currency |
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Today part of | Sri Lanka |
Historical states of Sri Lanka |
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British Ceylon (Sinhala: බ්රිතාන්ය ලංකාව, romanized: Britānya Laṃkāva; Tamil: பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை, romanized: Biritthāṉiya Ilaṅkai), officially British Settlements and Territories in the Island of Ceylon with its Dependencies from 1802 to 1833,[3] then the Island of Ceylon and its Territories and Dependencies from 1833 to 1931[4] and finally the Island of Ceylon and its Dependencies from 1931 to 1948,[5] was the British Crown colony of present-day Sri Lanka between 1796 and 4 February 1948. Initially, the area it covered did not include the Kingdom of Kandy, which was a protectorate[citation needed], but from 1817 to 1948 the British possessions included the whole island of Ceylon, now the nation of Sri Lanka.
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