Ceylon
Sri Lanka's government has decided to change the names of all state institutions still bearing the nation's former British colonial name, Ceylon. The government wants the country's modern name to be used instead. The decision comes 39 years after the country was renamed Sri Lanka.
Ceylon Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peni ...
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