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|currency = Ceylon Rupee |title_leader = Monarch |leader1 = George VI |year_leader1 = 1948–1952 |leader2 = Elizabeth II |year_leader2 = 1952–1972 |title_representative = Governor-General |representative1 = Henry Monck-Mason Moore |year_representative1 = 1948–1949 |representative2 = Lord Soulbury |year_representative2 = 1949–1954 |representative3 = Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke |year_representative3 = 1954–1962 |representative4 = William Gopallawa |year_representative4 = 1962–1972 |title_deputy = Prime Minister |deputy1 = Don Senanayake |year_deputy1 = 1948–1952 |deputy2 = |year_deputy2 = 1952–1953 |deputy3 = John Lionel Kotalawela |year_deputy3 = 1953–1956 |deputy4 = S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike |year_deputy4 = 1956–1959 |deputy5 = Sirimavo Bandaranaike |year_deputy5 = 1970–1972 |legislature = Parliament of Ceylon |house1 = Senate |type_house1 = Upper house |house2 = House of Representatives |type_house2 = Lower house |stat_year1=1948 |stat_area1=65610 |stat_pop1=7060000 |stat_year2=1956 |stat_area2=65610 |stat_pop2=8100000 |stat_year3=1962 |stat_area3=65610 |stat_pop3=11000000 |stat_year4=1971 |stat_area4=65610 |stat_pop4=12800000 |footnotes = (【引用サイトリンク】title=Sri Lanka ) (【引用サイトリンク】title=Ceylon Independent, 1948–1956 ) }} Ceylon (Sinhala: ලංකා ඩොමීනියන් රාජ්යය ''Lanka Dominian Rajyaya'')〔The Sri Lanka Independence Act 1947 uses the name "Ceylon" for the new dominion; nowhere does that Act use the term "Dominion of Ceylon", which although sometimes used was not the official name)〕〔(International treaties also referred to the state as "Ceylon", not the "Dominion of Ceylon"; "Ceylon" was also the name used by the UN for the state. )〕 was a Dominion in the Commonwealth of Nations between 1948 and 1972. In 1948, British Ceylon was granted independence as Ceylon. In 1972, Ceylon became a republic within the Commonwealth, and its name was changed to Sri Lanka. It is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India. The country has also been a centre of the Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times as well as having a strong Hindu presence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Theravada Buddhism )〕 The Sinhalese community formed the majority of the population; Sri Lankan Tamils, who were concentrated in the north and east of the island, formed the largest ethnic minority. Other communities included Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs, Malays and the indigenous Vedda people. The major export and mainstay of the economy was the production of tea, coffee, coconuts, rubber and cinnamon, which were native to the country. After over two thousand years of rule by local kingdoms, parts of Sri Lanka were colonised by Portugal and the Netherlands beginning in the 16th century, before control of the entire country was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. During World War II, Ceylon served as an important base for the Allied forces in the fight against the Japanese Empire.〔British Prime Minister Winston Churchill described the moment a Japanese fleet prepared to invade Sri Lanka as "the most dangerous and distressing moment of the entire conflict." – ''Commonwealth Air Training Program Museum'', (The Saviour of Ceylon )〕 A nationalist political movement arose in the country in the early 20th century with the aim of obtaining political independence, which was eventually achieved in 1948 following peaceful negotiations with the British. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dominion of Ceylon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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