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Soulbury Constitution
The Soulbury Constitution was the constitution of Ceylon drafted on the recommendations of the Soulbury Commission and brought into force in 1947–1948. It created a parliamentary system on the Westminster model and governed the Dominion of Ceylon after independence in 1948, until the republican constitution of 1972 made the country Sri Lanka.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Soulbury Constitution. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/soulbury-constitution
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- The Epoch Institute. “Soulbury Constitution.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/soulbury-constitution.
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