https://archives.gov.lk/online-exhibits Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:08:03 +0530 360Lithium CMS 0.2Copyright 2024, archives.gov.lk Mon, 01 Jul 2024 20:26:58 +0530https://tutorialspoint.com/rss info@archives.gov.lk (archives.gov.lk) support@lithium.lk (Lithium Technologies) https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/republichttps://archives.gov.lk/209Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:29:17 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Dominion Status After signing three security agreements with D.S. Senanayake on November 11, 1947, the British Government passed the Ceylon Independence Act on November 21, 1947... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/dominion-https://archives.gov.lk/208Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:28:06 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Suriya-Mal Movement The Suriya-Mal Movement was started in the year 1933. Although it appeared as a social welfare movement, it also propagated anti-imperialist ideas, which ign... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/suriyamal-https://archives.gov.lk/206Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:23:55 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Bracegirdle Case Mark Anthony Bracegirdle came to Ceylon as a plantation manager in the 1930s. He saw firsthand how the plantation owners treated the labourers, including the br... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/bracegirdle-https://archives.gov.lk/205Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:20:28 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Donoughmore Commission, 1931 The Donoughmore Government was implemented with the aim of eliminating the weaknesses of the Manning-Dovenshire Government, which had been in place ... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/vote-womenhttps://archives.gov.lk/204Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:18:31 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Labour Movement The Young Lanka League began to fight the 2 rupees annual contribution enacted in 1891, requiring all adult men to work six days on the roads. A.E. Gunasinghe wa... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/labour-movementhttps://archives.gov.lk/203Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:16:15 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Ceylon National Congress On December 11, 1919, the Ceylon National Congress was founded, and Ponnambalam Arunachalam was appointed as its first president. As a union, it played ... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/congresshttps://archives.gov.lk/202Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:14:42 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Diary Note by Anagarika Dharmapala Born in 1864, David Hewavitarana, or Anagarika Dharmapala, was a significant figure in the Sri Lankan freedom struggle as well as the Temperan... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/anagarika-dharmapalahttps://archives.gov.lk/201Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:11:03 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits 100 Days of Terror The year 1915 marked the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Kandyan Convention. Protests against British rule were emerging, and Governo... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/terrorhttps://archives.gov.lk/200Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:56:46 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Introducing the Elective Principle The second constitutional reform in Sri Lanka was the Crewe-McCallum Reforms in 1910. This allowed an educated Sri Lankan to be appointed to t... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/elective-principlehttps://archives.gov.lk/199Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:55:15 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Freedom Struggle, 1848 In a petition handed over on 6 July 1848, Dumbara residents alleged that the rajakariya abolished by the Colebrook Reforms of 1833 was re-imposed by Roads... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/struggle-1848https://archives.gov.lk/198Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:50:45 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits The First Reforms, 1833 The Colebrook-Cameron Commission was the first Royal Commission of Inquiry appointed to look into Sri Lanka's revenue, administration and judicial sy... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/reformshttps://archives.gov.lk/197Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:47:56 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Freedom Struggle, 1818 Relations between the British and the chieftains who signed the Kandyan Convention deteriorated a year after the occupation. Discontent grew, and the str... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/freedom-strugglehttps://archives.gov.lk/196Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:42:54 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Sir John D'Oyly, the Strategist The Kandyan Convention of 1815 was drafted by John D’Oyly. Entering the Ceylon Civil Service in 1801, he was appointed a member of the Colomb... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/d-oylyhttps://archives.gov.lk/195Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:45:19 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits Kandyan Convention From the late sixteenth century onwards, the coastal areas of Sri Lanka were controlled by the Portuguese and then by the Dutch East India company. The territ... ]]> https://archives.gov.lk/ne-exhibits/path-to-freedom/1-1815-conventionhttps://archives.gov.lk/194Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:44:33 +0530Path To FreedomOnline Exhibits