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British annexation and colonial governance (1796-1948)

British annexation and colonial governance (1796-1948)

  1. British take Dutch-held Ceylon maritime provinces

    Labels: British Crown, Ceylon coast, Madras administration

  2. Ceylon becomes a British Crown colony

    Labels: British Crown, Treaty of, Ceylon colony

  4. Uva–Wellassa rebellion challenges early British rule

    Labels: Uva Wellassa, Kandyan regions, British military

  5. Colebrooke–Cameron Commission recommends major reforms

    Labels: Colebrooke Cameron, Ceylon administration, British reforms

  6. Crown Lands Encroachments Ordinance reshapes land control

    Labels: Crown Lands, colonial state, land policy

  7. Matale Rebellion erupts after new colonial taxes

    Labels: Matale Rebellion, Kandyan districts, colonial taxation

  8. James Taylor begins commercial tea planting at Loolecondera

    Labels: James Taylor, Loolecondera Estate, tea industry

  9. Coffee rust devastates plantation economy

    Labels: coffee rust, planter economy, Hemileia vastatrix

  10. 1915 riots and martial law intensify political backlash

    Labels: 1915 riots, martial law, communal violence

  11. Ceylon National Congress forms to press for reforms

    Labels: Ceylon National, P Arunachalam, political reform

  12. Donoughmore Constitution introduces universal adult suffrage

    Labels: Donoughmore Constitution, universal suffrage, territorial constituencies

  13. Soulbury Commission sets framework for dominion government

    Labels: Soulbury Commission, parliamentary system, Ceylon constitution

  14. Ceylon Independence Act receives royal assent

    Labels: Ceylon Independence, British Parliament, royal assent

  15. Ceylon becomes independent within the Commonwealth

    Labels: Ceylon independence, Dominion of, February 4