අබිමානවත් ජාතියක නිදහස් දිනය

64 වන නිදහස් සැමරුම 2012.02.04 නොහොත් හෙට දින ශ්‍රී ලංකා වසින් වන අප සමරනු ලබයි.

From the 16th century some coastal areas of the country were ruled by the Portuguese, Dutch and British. Sri Lanka was ruled by 181 kings from the Anuradhapura to Kandy periods. ^[1] After 1815 the entire nation was under British colonial rule and armed uprisings against the British took place in the 1818 Uva Rebellion and the 1848 Matale Rebellion. Independence was finally granted in 1948 but the country remained a Dominion of the British Empire.