State Council of Ceylon
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State Council of Ceylon
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The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon, established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It replaced the Legislative Council of Ceylon, the colony's original legislative body. There were only two State Councils: the First, elected in 1931, and the Second, elected in 1936. The 1947 Soulbury Constitution replaced the State Council with the Parliament of Ceylon, as par
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Legislative body of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) from 1931 to 1948
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Council_of_Ceylon
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2024-03-12T16:20:42Z
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