Group Ceylon, British Crown Colony of State Defunct 1815 CE – 1948 CE Capital Colombo Western Sri Lanka Member Cities Dambulla cave temple Central Sri Lanka Location Hoboken Hudson New Jersey United States Location Kandy Central Sri Lanka Location London Middlesex United Kingdom Location Santarèm Pará Brazil Location People Abanindranath Tagore Anthony Eden Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Clement Attlee Faiz Ahmad Faiz +25 more Groups Tajik people Kirat people Sindhi people Bengalis Tamil people +111 more Topics Hinduism Jainism Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism Theravada Buddhists +48 more Subjects Environment Human migration Violence Trade Decorative arts +21 more Commodities Colorants Fibers Textiles Domesticated animals Grains and produce +6 more Locations Dambulla cave temple Central Sri Lanka Kandy Central Sri Lanka London Middlesex United Kingdom Santarèm Pará Brazil Hoboken Hudson New Jersey United States ← Guadeloupe, (French colony) Quadruple Alliance → Cite this entry Moran, J. (n.d.). Ceylon, British Crown Colony of. History Atlas. Retrieved 5 November 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/groups/ceylon-british-crown-colony-of/ Related events Loading related events…
