PRESENTED BY 11 CONTINGENT – SRI BAT

THE JOURNEY OF CEYLON TO SRI LANKATHE JOURNEY OF CEYLON TO SRI LANKA

THE 62ND INDEPENDENCE DAY OF

SRI LANKA

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BRIEF HISTORY

INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

MODERN SRI LANKA

CONCLUSION

CEYLON

INTRODUCTION

3

WINNING INDEPENDENCE IN 1948

INTRODUCTION

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

OF

SRI LANKA

5

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

INTRODUCTION

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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15 CENTURY KINGDOMS

JAFFNA KINGDOM

KOTTE KINGDOM

KANDYAN KINGDOM

COLONIAL RULE

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PORTUGUESE1505 to 1638

DUTCH1658 to 1796

BRITISH1815 to 1948

COLONIAL RULE

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PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM

COLONIAL RULE

PORTUGUESE ERA

PORTUGUESE ARRIVED ON 15 NOV 1505

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COLONIAL RULE

Increasing Portuguese demands led to a war in 1520-21

COLONIAL RULE

KOTTE KINGDOM

COLONIAL RULE

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SITAWAKA KINGDOM

FLAG OF SEETHAWAKA KINGDOM

COLONIAL RULE

KOTTE KINGDOM

COLONIAL RULE

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IN 1551 KING BHUVANKBAHU WAS ASSASSINATED AND THE

PORTUGUESE INSTALLED A PUPPET RULER IN KOTTE

KANDYAN KINGDOM

COLONIAL RULE

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COLONIAL RULE

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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Kandyan Kingdom

DUTCH RULE

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Colombo

Trincomalee

Jaffna

1796 DUTCH RULE GAVE WAY TO BRITISH

COLONIAL RULE

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

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KANDY AGAINST BRITISH

                 

               

39COLONIAL INFLUENCES …

• 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 RULE

19TH CENTURY THE BRITISH CREATED LARGE PLANTATIONS

COLONIAL RULE

LABOURERS FROM INDIA WERE BROUGHT TO WORK ON THE PLANTATIONS

COLONIAL RULE

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.

THE CEYLON IN 1910

INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT

INDEPENDANCE

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Achieving independence & self rule for Ceylon from the British Empire

WINNING INDEPENDENCE ON 4TH FEB 1948

INDIPENDANCE

45

REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA

47

MODERN SRI LANKA

THE LAND

TERRAIN

49

WATER SOUCES

50

MAHAWELI RIVER

WATER SOURCES

MAHAWELI RIVER

KELANII RIVER

KALU RIVER

WALAWE RIVER 51

CLIMATE

52

LOW COUNTRY

TEMPRETURE

22 - 32 C

8 - 20 C

TEMPRETURE

UPCOUNTRY

PEOPLE

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SRI LANKANS’ ARE PEACE LOVING AND SOBER BY NATURE

0.9% 7% 5.5%

74%

12.6%

SINHALESE

SRI LANKA TAMILS

INDIAN TAMILS

MUSLIMS

OTHERS

ETHNICITY

The Inhabitants -

74%

“SINHALESE”

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Descendants of “Indo -Dravidian” Invaders -

18.1%

“TAMILS”

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Descendants of “Arab Traders” -

7.1%

“MUSLIMS”

57

Descendants of “European Invaders” -

0.8%

“BURGHERS”

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15.5%

69.3%

7.6%7.6%

BUDDHISTS

HINDUS

MUSLIMS

CHRISTIANS

RELIGIONS

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EDUCATION

LITERACY RATE 98%

EDUCATION

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LIFE EXPECTANCY

IS 73 YEARS

HEALTH

62

SPORTS

63

SPORTS

SUSANTHIKA– THE FASTEST WOMAN IN THE REGION 64

SPORTS

THE PASSION OF THE PEOPLE

65

SPORTS

66

SPORTS

BASED ON AGRICULTURE

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ECONOMY

ATTRACTIONS

SUN AND SEA

1600 KM LONGER COASTLINE WITH VIRGIN BEACHES

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BEACHES

ATTRACTIONS

INTENAL CONFLICT

71

INTERNAL CONFLICT

LTTE DEMANDS FOR A SEPARATE STATE …

LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL ELAM

INTERNAL CONFLICT

72

UNJUSTIFIABLE DEMAND …

45 % OF THE LAND INCLUDING :

75 % OF EEZ WITH O5 X SEA PORTS

civil unrest broke out between Tamils and Sinhalese on 23 July 1983

INTERNAL CONFLICT

74

INTERNAL CONFLICT

LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE)

peacekeeping force

INTERNAL CONFLICT

FAILED EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THE CONFLICT …76

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

In 2009 war ended

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

CONCLUSION

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PORTUGUESE1505 to 1638

DUTCH1658 to 1796

BRITISH1815 to 1948

CONCLUSION

LAST KING OF THE KANDYAN DYNASTY “SRI WICKRAMA RAJASINGHE” 81

CONCLUSION

FEW KANDYAN NOBLES’82

COLONIAL INFLUENCES …

CONCLUSION

84PEARL OF THE INDIAN OCEAN

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