Sri lanka history
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PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA: SINHALESE, TAMILS, MUSLIMS AND THEIR HISTORY RELATIONS AND IDENTITY
PEOPLE OF SRI LANKA
The people of Sri Lanka are called Sri Lankans, Ceylonese or Lankan.
Sri lanka languageIn the past Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon, Serendib, and Lanka. Serendib is the source of the word serendipity. Sri Lankan(s) is the name describing the nationality or people of Sri Lanka. It is also an adjective used to describe anything associated with Sri Lanka.
During colonial times Sri Lanka was known as Ceylon.
The word Ceylon is derived from the word “sinhala” or “simhala”, which is also the root of Sinhalese, the name of Sri Lanka’s largest ethnic group. Ceylon is what the British called Sri Lanka.
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The Portuguese first named it Ceilão, The Dutch called it Ceilon. Under the name Ceylon, Sri Lanka became independent (from Britain) on February 4, 1948, about five and half months after India and Pakistan became independent.
In 1972, the national constitution discarded the name Ceylon and adopted the n
