On the 77th anniversary of Sri Lanka’s independence from colonial rule following foreign domination of some four and a half ...

The factual books on Ceylon of the British colonial period were mainly written in the first half of the 19th century, but extended to the early 20th century. Many of the authors served in the island ...

The first two volumes of the British Empire Series have appeared, bearing the titles "India Ceylon, Straits Settlements, "British North Borneo, Hongkong," and "British Africa." They include a ...

Much of the story is by now well known, and should be still better known, for it concerns closely the future welfare and sometimes the very existence of British Colonial territories. The menace of ...

S. Ananda Meegama PhD, an internationally known demographer and statistician in his historically interesting publication ‘Famine, Fevers and Fear’ has gone further to study the challenges faced by ...

Independence has been a long mirage in Ceylon / Sri Lanka, where history seems to repeat itself as tragedy and farce in equal measure. This week, the geostrategic Indian Ocean island is set to mark 77 ...

The Kandyan Convention, an agreement between the British Colonial rulers and Kandyan chiefs, was signed in 1815. ..

After successfully advocating for justice in London, Sir Ponnampalam Ramanathan returned to Ceylon to a hero’s welcome. His tireless efforts to ...

Sir William Gregory’s great, great granddaughter Belenda Hund who was in Sri Lanka with her husband on a visit said she was ...

That was three years ago in 2022 on the eve of its purported 75 th Independence Day celebration. This year, February 4 th Independence day, would be marked with great pomp. 80 million rupees have been ...