For nearly 50 years – 48 to be exact – Sri Lanka has been a Republic with its official name as the ‘Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’. It was on May 22, 1972 that the country became a Republic changing ...

In Sri Lanka We only celebrate Independence Day, which is only a formal mockery of independence, which falls on February 4, but not Republic Day which should fall today on May 22. In fact Sri Lanka ...

by Prof. Tissa Vitarana May 22nd should be one of the most important days to be commemorated in the history of Sri Lanka. It is the day in 1972 on which we became a Republic, a completely independent ...

Thus the establishment of the Republic was given legal validity by our former colonial masters, the UK Parliament, by enacting the Republic of Sri Lanka Act 1972. Though the preamble to the 1972 ...

Colombo, May 22: At the auspicious hour of 12-43 p.m. to-day Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka, severing its 157-year-old link with the British Crown and 2,500-year-old monarchical system ...

Becomes a watershed event in mutual distrust between Sinahalas and Tamils. 1972 - Country renamed Sri Lanka, becomes republic. Buddhism designated the principal religion.

Sri Lanka commemorates its 53rd Republic Day today (May 22), marking a significant milestone in the nation’s journey toward full sovereignty. Though the country gained independence from British rule ...

The building then became known as the President’s House as Sri Lanka became a republic. It became the official residence of the head of state, with the President’s Secretariat located at the ...

Sri Lanka’s civil war ended in 2009 when government troops crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, ending their quarter-century separatist campaign. According to conservative U.N. estimates, about ...