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57 relations: Asia Times, Barrister, Buddhism, Bureaucracy, Ceylon Civil Service, Ceylon National Congress, Ceylon Today, Ceylon University College, Charles Henry de Soysa, Christian, Cobden Club, Colombo Municipal Council, Constitution, D. S. Senanayake, E. W. Perera, Election, Equestrianism, Fredrick Richard Senanayake, Galle, General Synod, George E. de Silva, George V, Government of the United Kingdom, Harold Peiris, Henry De Mel, Judiciary, Justice of the peace, Knight Bachelor, Lakdasa De Mel, Legislative Council of Ceylon, Lincoln's Inn, List of Presidents of The Cambridge Union, Money bill, National Heroes of Sri Lanka, Poll tax, President's House, Colombo, Reform, Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, Royal College Union, Royal College, Colombo, Royal Commonwealth Society, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sinhalese Sports Club, Slave Island, Sri Lankan independence activist, Sri Lankan independence movement, St John's College, Cambridge, Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka), The Cambridge Union, The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), ..., The Island (Sri Lanka), The Sunday Leader, The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka), University of Cambridge, University of Ceylon, University of Peradeniya, 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots. Expand index (7 more) »
Asia Times
Asia Times is a Hong Kong-based Philippine English-language news website covering politics, economics, business and culture "from an Asian perspective specially Philippine".
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Barrister
A barrister (also known as barrister-at-law or bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.
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Buddhism
Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
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Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy refers to both a body of non-elective government officials and an administrative policy-making group.
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Ceylon Civil Service
The Ceylon Civil Service, popularly known by its acronym CCS, was the premier civil service of the Government of Ceylon under British colonial rule and in the immediate post-independence period.
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Ceylon National Congress
The Ceylon National Congress (CNC) was a Nationalist political party which was formed in Ceylon on 11 December 1919.
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Ceylon Today
Ceylon Today is an English language Sri Lankan daily newspaper published by Ceylon Newspapers (Private) Limited.
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Ceylon University College
Ceylon University College was a public university college in Ceylon.
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Charles Henry de Soysa
Sir Charles Henry de Soysa (3 March 1836 – 29 September 1890) was a Ceylonese entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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Christian
A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Cobden Club
The Cobden Club was a political gentlemen's club in Kensal Town, London.
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Colombo Municipal Council
The Colombo Municipal Council is the municipal governing body of Colombo, the largest city and financial centre in Sri Lanka.
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Constitution
A constitution is a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed.
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D. S. Senanayake
Don Stephen Senanayake (දොන් ස්ටීවන් සේනානායක; டி.; 21 October 1883 – 22 March 1952) was a Sri Lankan statesmen.
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E. W. Perera
Edward Walter Perera (11 December 1875 – 15 February 1953) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) barrister, politician and freedom fighter.
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Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.
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Equestrianism
Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.
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Fredrick Richard Senanayake
Fredrick Richard Senanayake (known to as F. R. Senanayake) (October 20, 1882 – January 1, 1926) was a Ceylonesen lawyer and independence activist.
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Galle
Galle (ගාල්ල; காலி) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, 119 km from Colombo.
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General Synod
The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations.
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George E. de Silva
George Edmund de Silva (1879 - 1950) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician.
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George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.
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Government of the United Kingdom
The Government of the United Kingdom, formally referred to as Her Majesty's Government, is the central government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Harold Peiris
Harold Peiris (1904–1988) was a Sri Lankan artist, lawyer, author, scholar, teacher and translator.
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Henry De Mel
Sir Henry Lawson De Mel, CBE, Chevalier (21 January 1877 – 8 May 1936) was a Ceylonese industrialist, lawyer, philanthropist and politician.
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Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system or court system) is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state.
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Justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.
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Knight Bachelor
The dignity of Knight Bachelor is the most basic and lowest rank of a man who has been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised orders of chivalry; it is a part of the British honours system.
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Lakdasa De Mel
The Most Rev. Lakdasa Jacob De Mel (1902–1976), MA was the first Bishop of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka and the last Metropolitan Bishop of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon.
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Legislative Council of Ceylon
The Legislative Council of Ceylon was the legislative body of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1833, along with the Executive Council of Ceylon, on the recommendations of the Colebrooke-Cameron Commission.
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Lincoln's Inn
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are called to the Bar.
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List of Presidents of The Cambridge Union
This is a list of presidents of The Cambridge Union since its foundation in 1815.
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Money bill
In the Westminster system (and, colloquially, in the United States), a money bill or supply bill is a bill that solely concerns taxation or government spending (also known as appropriation of money), as opposed to changes in public law.
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National Heroes of Sri Lanka
National Heroes of Sri Lanka are those who are considered to have played a major role in the Sri Lankan independence struggle from British Colonial rule.
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Poll tax
A poll tax, also known as head tax or capitation, is a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual.
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President's House, Colombo
President's House is the official residence and workplace of the President of Sri Lanka, located at Janadhipathi Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Reform
Reform (reformo) means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc.
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Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers
Robert Chalmers, 1st Baron Chalmers, GCB, PC (18 August 1858 – 17 November 1938), was a British civil servant, and a Pali and Buddhist scholar.
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Royal College Union
The Royal College Union (RCU) is the alumni association of the Royal College Colombo.
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Royal College, Colombo
Royal College (Sinhala: රාජකීය විද්යාලය Rājakīya Vidyālaya) (Tamil: றோயல் கல்லூரி Royal Kalloori) (also referred to as Royal College Colombo, Royal College, Colombo 7, Colombo Royal College, or simply as Royal) is a selective entry boys' school located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Royal Commonwealth Society
The Royal Commonwealth Society is a non-governmental organisation with a mission to promote the value of the Commonwealth and the values upon which it is based.
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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (සොලමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක,சாலமன் வெஸ்ட் ரிட்ஜ்வே டயஸ் பண்டாரநாயக்கா; 8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), frequently referred to as S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, was the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka) and founder of the left wing and Sinhala nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party, serving as Prime Minister from 1956 until his assassination by a robed Buddhist monk in 1959.
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Sinhalese Sports Club
The Sinhalese Sports Club is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka.
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Slave Island
Slave Island (also known as Kampong Kertel) is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort.
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Sri Lankan independence activist
Sri Lankan independence activists are those who are considered to have played a major role in the Sri Lankan independence movement from British Colonial rule during the 20th century.
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Sri Lankan independence movement
The Sri Lankan independence movement was a peaceful political movement which aimed at achieving independence and self-rule for Sri Lanka, then Ceylon, from the British Empire.
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St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge (the full, formal name of the college is The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge).
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Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)
Sunday Observer is a weekly English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka, published on Sundays.
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The Cambridge Union
The Cambridge Union Society, commonly referred to as "The Cambridge Union", is a debating and free speech society in Cambridge, England, and the largest society at the University of Cambridge.
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The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)
The Daily Mirror is a daily English-language newspaper published in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by Wijeya Newspapers.
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The Island (Sri Lanka)
The Island is a daily English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.
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The Sunday Leader
The Sunday Leader is an English-language Sri Lankan weekly newspaper published by Leader Publications (Private) Limited.
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The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)
The Sunday Times is a weekly Sri Lankan broadsheet initially published by the now defunct Times Group, until 1991, when it was taken over by Wijeya Newspapers.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.
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University of Ceylon
The University of Ceylon was the only university in Sri Lanka (earlier Ceylon) from 1942 until 1972.
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University of Peradeniya
The University of Peradeniya (පේරාදෙණිය විශ්ව විද්යාලය, பேராதனைப் பல்கலைக்கழகம்) is a state university in Sri Lanka, funded by the University Grants Commission.
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1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots
The 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots (also known as the anti-Muslim riots of 1915 or the 1915 Buddhist Mohammedan riots or the 1915 Ceylonese riots) was a widespread and prolonged ethnic riot in the island of Ceylon between Sinhalese Buddhists and the Ceylon Moors and the brutal suppression of it by the British colonial authorities.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Peiris
