State · 1948 – 1972
Dominion of Ceylon
A state of 1948 – 1972 — 24 years in South Asia. It replaced British Ceylon. It was replaced by Sri Lanka. The atlas records 1 thing within it — unrest and atrocity 1. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 24 years
- 1948 – 1972
- Rulers
- 2
- the monarch of the Dominion of Ceylon
- Within it
- 1
- recorded row
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- British Ceylon · replaces
After it
- Sri Lanka · replaced by · 1972 – present
Rulers
The line of monarch of the Dominion of Ceylon.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George VI | 1948 – 1952 | 4 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Elizabeth II | 1952 – 1972 | 20 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1948 – 1972. Only 24 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
.svg/120px-Flag_of_Ceylon_(1948%E2%80%931951).svg.png)
flag, undatedFlag of Ceylon (1948–1951) · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ceylon_(1952%E2%80%931972).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Ceylon (1952–1972) · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 19991 row · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 1971 JVP insurrection · unrest · 1971
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood24 years
stood longer than 24% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record2
has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1938 – 1982, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1960, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q2670092 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.