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

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

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. ..

‘Operation Colombo’ was followed by ‘Operation Condor’ in Chile and Argentina. Meanwhile, a colonial model and pattern of dependent economic development and under-development was cultivated with the ...

Browse 4,000+ old ceylon stock videos and clips available to use in your projects, or search for colonial ceylon to find more stock footage and b-roll video clips. Aerial view of Ancient fort in Galle ...

The educational revival in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was influenced by Theosophists like Colonel Henry Steel ...

An Oxfam report has revived the debate about whether British colonial rule helped or harmed India. Here are two empirical markers to settle the debate once and for all ...