In Sri Lanka, by contrast, British rule managed successfully to hinder the progression from feudalism to capitalism, thereby preventing it from achieving a transition from “tribalism” to “modernity. ...

Sri Lanka's president has revoked a nearly 200-year-old British colonial order, clearing the names of 19 citizens who were branded as traitors for rebelling against British rule.

Colombo, Feb 4 (EFE). — Sri Lanka kicks off its 68th anniversary celebrations of political independence from British colonial rule on Thursday in Colombo with a presidential speech at an ...

By P.K. Balachandran/Daily ExpressColombo, November 25: When the British ruled Sri Lanka, peasant agriculture, with paddy as the main crop, wa Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s decision to set aside worries about Sri Lanka’s human rights record and back its selection as host of a Commonwealth leaders’ meeting showed a l… ...

Pre-modern Sri Lanka historiography emerged and sustained in a particular socio-political and economic order. It was an organic part of reproduction of culture in that particular socio-political order ...

The country gained independence from British rule in 1948 as the dominion of Ceylon, and became the Republic of Sri Lanka in 1972. But much of its history has been marred by sectarian tensions.

To remind the British of their past actions in Sri Lanka consider what J.B. Muller states in the dissertation quoted at the outset of this piece referring to the General Order issued in 1818 ...