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[[Image:Trichinopoli&Ceylon.jpg|thumb|250px|Ceylon, to the South East of [[Madras Presidency]]]] | [[Image:Trichinopoli&Ceylon.jpg|thumb|250px|Ceylon, to the South East of [[Madras Presidency]]]] | ||
"'''Ceylon''', a large island and British colony in the Indian Ocean, separated on the N.W. from India by the Gulf of Manaar and Palk Strait. It lies between 5° 55' and 9° 51' N. and between 79° 41' and 81° 54' E. Its extreme length from north to south is 2 712 m.; its greatest width is 1371 m.; and its area amounts to 25,481 sq. m., or about five-sixths of that of Ireland. In its general outline the island resembles a pear, the apex of which points towards the north."< | "'''Ceylon''', a large island and British colony in the Indian Ocean, separated on the N.W. from India by the Gulf of Manaar and Palk Strait. It lies between 5° 55' and 9° 51' N. and between 79° 41' and 81° 54' E. Its extreme length from north to south is 2 712 m.; its greatest width is 1371 m.; and its area amounts to 25,481 sq. m., or about five-sixths of that of Ireland. In its general outline the island resembles a pear, the apex of which points towards the north."<ref>[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Ceylon "Ceylon"], LoveToKnow 1911 [accessed 21 October 2009]</ref> The island is now called '''Sri Lanka'''. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon Ceylon] Wikipedia | ||
* | *[http://www.kabristan.org.uk/kabristan-archives-publications/sri-lanka-ceylon.html Cemeteries in Ceylon books] from Kabristan Archives-Old Irish and Indian Graveyards. Volume 1 is available through the [http://shop.fibis.org/amazon.htm FIBIS Online Bookshop] | ||
* | *[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/under/research.html Under a Tropical Sun] (Macquarie University) covers 1796-1821. Includes the historical background and contemporary accounts of the Officers of the [[73rd Regiment of Foot]] (and their families) in Ceylon 1814-21. | ||
* | *[http://www.gol27.com/HistoryTeaCeylon.html History of Tea in Ceylon] | ||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/burcont1.htm Genealogical Charts of Sri Lankan Burgher Families | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/burcont1.htm Genealogical Charts of Sri Lankan Burgher Families] includes families with Portuguese, Dutch & British Colonial ancestry | ||
* | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw Sri Lanka Genealogy Website] with links to the Rootsweb Sri Lanka [[Mailing lists|Mailing List]], to Rootsweb Sri Lanka Message Board and to [http://genforum.genealogy.com/srilanka GenForum Sri Lanka Message Board] | ||
===Historical books online== | |||
===Historical books online=== | |||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/coffeeplantingin00hullrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Coffee planting in Southern India and Ceylon''] by ECP Hull 1877 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/coffeeplantingin00hullrich#page/n7/mode/2up ''Coffee planting in Southern India and Ceylon''] by ECP Hull 1877 Archive.org | ||
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[[Category:Ceylon]] | [[Category:Ceylon]] | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 25 March 2010
"Ceylon, a large island and British colony in the Indian Ocean, separated on the N.W. from India by the Gulf of Manaar and Palk Strait. It lies between 5° 55' and 9° 51' N. and between 79° 41' and 81° 54' E. Its extreme length from north to south is 2 712 m.; its greatest width is 1371 m.; and its area amounts to 25,481 sq. m., or about five-sixths of that of Ireland. In its general outline the island resembles a pear, the apex of which points towards the north."[1] The island is now called Sri Lanka.
History
The Portuguese arrived in the early 16th century, followed by the Dutch in the 17th Century with the British, as usual, arriving late - 1796 - when the British East India Company established control. In 1802 Ceylon became a British Crown Colony. The island was unified in 1815 (previously there had been three kingdoms) and the island finally gained its independence in 1947.
Military actions
- 1st Kandyan War - 1803-05
- 2nd Kandyan War - 1815
- 3rd Kandyan War (Uva Rebellion) - 1817-18
Records
Except for the few short years when the East India Company was in control (1796-1802) records for Ceylon will not be found in the India Office Records at the British Library, but at The National Archives at Kew.
External links
- Ceylon Wikipedia
- Cemeteries in Ceylon books from Kabristan Archives-Old Irish and Indian Graveyards. Volume 1 is available through the FIBIS Online Bookshop
- Under a Tropical Sun (Macquarie University) covers 1796-1821. Includes the historical background and contemporary accounts of the Officers of the 73rd Regiment of Foot (and their families) in Ceylon 1814-21.
- History of Tea in Ceylon
- Genealogical Charts of Sri Lankan Burgher Families includes families with Portuguese, Dutch & British Colonial ancestry
- Sri Lanka Genealogy Website with links to the Rootsweb Sri Lanka Mailing List, to Rootsweb Sri Lanka Message Board and to GenForum Sri Lanka Message Board
Historical books online
- Coffee planting in Southern India and Ceylon by ECP Hull 1877 Archive.org