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British territory

British Ceylon (English)

国歌: God Save the King
Her Majesty King

Official terminology	English Sinhala, Tamil
capital	Colonbo
king Governor area population 1881年 2,759,700人 1891年 3,007,800人 1901年 3,565,900人 1931年 5,306,400人 1946年 6,657,300人 Change
currency	Indian rupee (1836-1872) Ceylon rupee (1872-1948)
Now	Sri Lanka

British territory (British Ryo Seiron, English: British Ceylon , Sinhala: බ් ලංකාව, Tamil: பிரித்தானிய இலங்கை) is a British colony that existed in Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948. The capital is Colombo on the west coast of Sri Lanka. At the beginning of the establishment, the inland candy kingdom was a protected country and was not included in the territory. However, since 1817, the whole area of ​​Seylon has been dominated.

When the Dutch’s home country was occupied by the War of the French Revolution in France and under its control, Britain attacked overseas Dutch colonies. The Dutch territory, which existed in Sri Lanka, was also eligible, and was officially ceded to the United Kingdom at the 1802 Amian’s agreement in 1802 and the 1815 Vienna Conference in 1802 (Seylon invasion).

Next, the United Kingdom struggled in the inland Candy kingdom, and in 1815 Candy treaty （ English edition ） This was the protected country. After the rebellion in Uba in 1817, the Candy Kingdom was annexed to the United Kingdom, establishing British ruling throughout Sri Lanka.

Under the UK rule, surveying and construction of roads and railways were also performed for inland areas, which had not been dominated by the West until now, and the transportation of crops and the military movement were efficient. ^[first] 。
It is from this era that tea production begins in Ceylon (Seiron Tea). India Tamil was newly brought to the highland area as a labor for black tea plantation, and under the UK, a squirrel controlling was conducted to treat minority Tamils.

Later, Seylon also grew independent consciousness after World War I, following World War II in 1948, following India and Pakistan, which was independent of the previous year, as a self -government (substantial independent country) of the British Kingdom. Independent.

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