THE 62ND INDEPENDENCE DAY

OF
SRI LANKA

THE
THEJOURNEY
JOURNEYOF
OFCEYLON
CEYLONTO
TOSRI
SRILANKA
LANKA
PRESENTED BY 11 CONTINGENT – SRI BAT
 CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BRIEF HISTORY

INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

MODERN SRI LANKA

CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION

CEYLON
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 INTRODUCTION

WINNING INDEPENDENCE IN
1948
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
OF
SRI LANKA

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 INTRODUCTION

DON STEPHEN SENANAYAKE

1ST PRIME MINISTER OF SRI LANKA

INTRODUCTION

LIBARATION TIGERS
OF TAMIL EALAM
 INTRODUCTION

INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE

 INTRODUCTION

HOISTING OF THE NATIONAL FLAG

 INTRODUCTION

PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA

 SOCIO-ECONOMIC

COCONUT AND RUBBER ARE ALSO THE MAJOR

EXPORTS

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SRI LANKANS

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 AIM

the aim of this presentation is to acquaint the

audience on how
sri lanka became a liberated state after its
colonialism

“ceylon to sri lANKA”

BRIEF HISTORY
COLONIAL RULE

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 COLONIAL RULE
15 CENTURY KINGDOMS

JAFFNA
KINGDOM
KANDYAN
KINGDOM

KOTTE
KINGDOM

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 COLONIAL RULE

PORTUGUESE
1505 to 1638

BRITISH DUTCH
1815 to 1948 1658 to 1796
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PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM
 COLONIAL RULE

PORTUGUESE ERA

PORTUGUESE ARRIVED
ON 15 NOV 1505
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COLONIAL RULE
 COLONIAL RULE

Increasing Portuguese demands led to a war in 1520-21

 COLONIAL RULE

SITAWAKA
KINGDOM
KOTTE
KINGDOM

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 COLONIAL RULE

FLAG OF SEETHAWAKA KINGDOM

 COLONIAL RULE

IN 1551 KING BHUVANKBAHU WAS

ASSASSINATED AND THE
PORTUGUESE INSTALLED A PUPPET
RULER IN KOTTE

KOTTE
KINGDOM

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COLONIAL RULE

KANDYAN
KINGDOM

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DUTCH ERA

DUTCH LANDED IN SRI

LANKA TO HELP EVICTING
PORTUGUESE
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 COLONIAL RULE
DUTCH ERA

THE DUTCH EXPELLED

THE PORTUGUESE IN
1938 …
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 COLONIAL RULE
DUTCH ERA

DUTCH RULED THE

COASTAL AREAS
ONLY …

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 DUTCH RULE

Jaffna Trincomalee

Colombo
Kandyan
Kingdom

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1796 DUTCH RULE GAVE WAY TO BRITISH

 COLONIAL RULE
BRITISH ERA

LAST KING OF THE KANDYAN DYNASTY

“SRI WICKRAMA RAJASINGHE” 36
 COLONIAL RULE

THE BRITISH ARMY INVADED KANDY

 COLONIAL RULE
BRITISH ERA

KANDY AGAINST BRITISH

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 COLONIAL RULE

• TRIAL BY JURY WAS INTRODUCED IN 1811

• BRITISH BUILT A NETWORK OF ROADS.

• IN 1833 THEY INTRODUCED WIDE-RANGING

REFORMS.
                  
               
• ENGLISH WAS MADE THE OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE AND THE ADMINISTRATION WAS
REFORMED.

COLONIAL INFLUENCES … 39
 COLONIAL RULE

19TH CENTURY THE BRITISH CREATED LARGE

PLANTATIONS
 COLONIAL RULE

LABOURERS FROM INDIA WERE BROUGHT TO

WORK ON THE PLANTATIONS
 THE CEYLON IN 1910

IN 1910 THE CEYLONESE WERE ALLOWED TO ELECT ONE MEMBER OF THE
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

IN 1924 THE BRITISH MADE FURTHER CONCESSIONS.

(HOWEVER THE CEYLONESE WERE NOT SATISFIED.)

IN 1931 CEYLON WAS GRANTED A NEW CONSTITUTION.

YET ANOTHER CONSTITUTION WAS INTRODUCED

 IN 1946 BUT IN 1947 THE BRITISH ANNOUNCED THAT

INDIA WAS TO BECOME INDEPENDENT.

THE CEYLONESE NOW DEMANDED THEIR INDEPENDENCE

IN JUNE 1947 THE BRITISH AGREED TO MAKE SRI LANKA A DOMINION.
INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT
 INDEPENDANCE

Achieving independence & self rule for Ceylon from the British Empire
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 INDIPENDANCE

WINNING INDEPENDENCE ON 4TH FEB 1948

REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA

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MODERN SRI LANKA
THE LAND
TERRAIN

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WATER SOUCES

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 WATER SOURCES

MAHAWELI RIVER
MAHAWELI RIVER

KELANII RIVER

KALU RIVER

WALAWE
RIVER 51
CLIMATE

LOW COUNTRY
TEMPRETURE

22 - 32 C

UPCOUNTRY
TEMPRETURE

8 - 20 C 52
 PEOPLE

SRI LANKANS’ ARE PEACE LOVING AND SOBER BY

NATURE 53
 ETHNICITY

SINHALESE

SRI LANKA TAMILS

INDIAN TAMILS
74% MUSLIMS

OTHERS

12.6%
0.9% 7% 5.5%
 “SINHALESE”
The Inhabitants -
74%

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 “TAMILS”
Descendants of “Indo
-Dravidian” Invaders - 18.1%

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 “MUSLIMS”
Descendants of “Arab
Traders” - 7.1%

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 “BURGHERS”
Descendants of “European
Invaders” - 0.8%

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 RELIGIONS

BUDDHISTS

HINDUS

69.3% MUSLIMS

CHRISTIANS

15.5%
7.6%
7.6%
EDUCATION

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 EDUCATION

LITERACY RATE 98%

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 HEALTH

LIFE EXPECTANCY
IS 73 YEARS

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SPORTS

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 SPORTS
SPORTS

SUSANTHIKA
– THE FASTEST WOMAN IN THE REGION 64
 SPORTS

THE PASSION OF THE PEOPLE

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SPORTS

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 ECONOMY

BASED ON AGRICULTURE

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 ATTRACTIONS
SUN AND SEA

1600 KM LONGER COASTLINE WITH VIRGIN BEACHES

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 ATTRACTIONS

BEACHES
INTENAL CONFLICT
 INTERNAL CONFLICT

LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL ELAM

LTTE DEMANDS FOR A SEPARATE STATE … 71

 INTERNAL CONFLICT

UNJUSTIFIABLE DEMAND …

45 % OF THE LAND
INCLUDING :
75 % OF EEZ WITH
O5 X SEA PORTS72
 INTERNAL CONFLICT

civil unrest broke out between Tamils and

Sinhalese on 23 July 1983
 INTERNAL CONFLICT

LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) 74

peacekeeping force
 INTERNAL CONFLICT

Mid 1990s efforts were made to end the fighting.

A cease fire was made in February 2002 and
talks were held. However the cease fire broke
down and fighting resumed

FAILED EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT …76

In 2009 war ended
CONCLUSION
 CONCLUSION

Be it a palace with more than whole

May be a kingdom with full of all,
Perhaps the heaven with fancy of all,
It’s Sri Lanka, the best of all…………
 CONCLUSION

PORTUGUESE DUTCH BRITISH

1505 to 1638 1658 to 1796 1815 to 1948

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 CONCLUSION

LAST KING OF THE KANDYAN DYNASTY

“SRI WICKRAMA RAJASINGHE” 81
 CONCLUSION

FEW KANDYAN NOBLES’ 82

COLONIAL INFLUENCES …
 CONCLUSION

PEARL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN 84

Thank You