- Sri Lanka - Wikipedia
As a British crown colony, the island was known as Ceylon; it achieved independence as the Dominion of Ceylon in 1948 The country is now known in Sinhala as Śrī Laṅkā (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා) and in Tamil as Ilaṅkai (Tamil: இலங்கை, IPA: [iˈlaŋɡaɪ])
- Sri Lanka | History, Map, Flag, Population, Capital, Facts . . .
Ancient Greek geographers called it Taprobane Arabs referred to it as Serendib Later European mapmakers called it Ceylon, a name still used occasionally for trade purposes It officially became Sri Lanka in 1972
- British Ceylon - Wikipedia
Established in 1881 as the Ceylon Volunteers, as the military reserve in the British Crown colony of Ceylon, by 1910 it grew into the Ceylon Defence Force, a regular force responsible for the defence of Ceylon
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- Which Country Was Known as Ceylon? - WorldAtlas
Ceylon was a British crown colony that existed from 1815 to 1948 when it was granted independence and became an independent country within the Commonwealth of nations from 1948 to 1972
- Sri Lanka - Ceylon - Country Profile - Nations Online Project
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