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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
13
SRI LANKANS
15
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
18
15 CENTURY KINGDOMS
JAFFNA KINGDOM
KOTTE KINGDOM
KANDYAN KINGDOM
COLONIAL RULE
19
PORTUGUESE1505 to 1638
DUTCH1658 to 1796
BRITISH1815 to 1948
COLONIAL RULE
20
PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM
COLONIAL RULE
PORTUGUESE ERA
PORTUGUESE ARRIVED ON 15 NOV 1505
22
COLONIAL RULE
Increasing Portuguese demands led to a war in 1520-21
COLONIAL RULE
KOTTE KINGDOM
COLONIAL RULE
25
SITAWAKA KINGDOM
FLAG OF SEETHAWAKA KINGDOM
COLONIAL RULE
KOTTE KINGDOM
COLONIAL RULE
27
IN 1551 KING BHUVANKBAHU WAS ASSASSINATED AND THE
PORTUGUESE INSTALLED A PUPPET RULER IN KOTTE
KANDYAN KINGDOM
COLONIAL RULE
28
COLONIAL RULE
DUTCH ERA
DUTCH LANDED IN SRI LANKA TO HELP EVICTING
PORTUGUESE
30
COLONIAL RULE
DUTCH ERA
THE DUTCH EXPELLED THE PORTUGUESE IN
1938 …
31
COLONIAL RULE
DUTCH ERA
DUTCH RULED THE COASTAL AREAS
ONLY …
32
Kandyan Kingdom
DUTCH RULE
33
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
38
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
44
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
53
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”
55
Descendants of “Indo -Dravidian” Invaders -
18.1%
“TAMILS”
56
Descendants of “Arab Traders” -
7.1%
“MUSLIMS”
57
Descendants of “European Invaders” -
0.8%
“BURGHERS”
58
15.5%
69.3%
7.6%7.6%
BUDDHISTS
HINDUS
MUSLIMS
CHRISTIANS
RELIGIONS
60
EDUCATION
LITERACY RATE 98%
EDUCATION
61
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
67
ECONOMY
ATTRACTIONS
SUN AND SEA
1600 KM LONGER COASTLINE WITH VIRGIN BEACHES
68
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
80
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
Thank You