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Colombo in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Colombo in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1949–1949

Historical events in Colombo

1949

1949
Governor
Herwald Ramsbotham · Government of Great Britain

Appointed Governor General of Sri Lanka

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Colombo. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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