British Ceylon period
History of Sri Lanka between 1815 and 1948 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The British Ceylon period is the history of Sri Lanka between 1815 and 1948. It follows the fall of the Kandyan Kingdom into the hands of the British Empire.[1] It ended over 2300 years of Sinhalese monarchy rule on the island.[2] The British rule on the island lasted until 1948 when the country regained independence following the Sri Lankan independence movement.
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