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Sri Lanka

Bandaranaike family, prominent Sri Lankan leaders

Colombo, commercial capital and largest city

Customs of Sri Lanka

Sri Jayawardenepura, administrative capital

Theravada Buddhism, origins in Sri Lanka

arts and literature

business and economy

foreign relations

geography and environment

government and politics

history – overview

history – ancient

history – change of name from Ceylon

history – colonial period

British colonial policy after World War II

conquest by Portugal

foreign intervention (3rd-18th centuries)

preparation for Dominion status, 1945

history – exploration

history – from 1942 to 1997 (archives)

history – Tamil civil war

literacy rates (table)

national anthem

pictures of Sri Lanka

plants and animals

population and demographics

sports and recreation – cricket World Cup winners

table of Commonwealth of Nations members

1946: Great Britain And Colonies

The year 1946 was for Great Britain the first complete year of peace since 1938. The endeavors of the nation, with a Labor administration elected in the summer of 1945, to adjust itself to the problems of peace while still in some measure confined within the social and economic pattern created by...

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