1948
in
Sri Lanka

Decades:
  • 1940s
See also:

1948 in Sri Lanka marks the turn from the British Ceylon period to independent modern Sri Lanka. The year saw Sri Lanka, then British Ceylon, regain its independence becoming the Dominion of Ceylon.

Incumbents

British Ceylon (Until 4 February)

Dominion of Ceylon (From 4 February)

Events

January

  • 1 January –

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

  • 15 November – Ceylon Citizenship Act becomes law qualifying only about 5,000 Indian Tamils for citizenship. More than 700,000 people, about 11% of the population, were denied citizenship and made stateless.[5]

December

  • 3 December – The film Veradunu Kurumanama is released.

Births

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

23 October - M. H. M. Ashraff, 51 (d. 2000), (lawyer, politician)

November
December
Unknown

Deaths

February

See also

References

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  2. "The Don's Island connection - Indian Express". Indian Express. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  3. "Ceylon v Australians". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  4. Ethnic Conflict of Sri Lanka: Time Line - From Independence to 1999 Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, International Centre for Ethnic Studies
  5. Ethnic Conflict of Sri Lanka: Time Line - From Independence to 1999 Archived 2009-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, International Centre for Ethnic Studies
  6. "Sri Lankan History". OnThisDay.com.
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