Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

This article is about the specific polity Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

Is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri-Lanka gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1948. The modern denomination of Sri Lanka was introduced on 7 September 1978.