Colonial To Modern
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1978 constitution and the executive presidency (1978-present)
1977 - 2022
2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and Sri Lanka's recovery (2004-2010)
2004 - 2008
2019 Easter bombings and national security response (2019-2021)
2019 - 2021
2022 economic crisis, mass protests and political change (2022-2023)
2022 - 2024
Annexation and resistance in the Kandyan Highlands (1796-1818)
1796 - 1818
British annexation and colonial governance (1796-1948)
1796 - 1948
Ceylon's independence and early postcolonial politics (1948-1965)
1944 - 1965
Communal riots and anti-Tamil violence (1958-1983)
1956 - 1983
Constitutional reform and the path to independence (1910s-1948)
1910 - 1948
Dutch colonial administration and coastal Ceylon (1658-1796)
1640 - 1796
Economic liberalization and the 1977 UNP reforms (1977-1994)
1977 - 1994
End of the civil war and post-war reconstruction (2009-2015)
2009 - 2015
Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) intervention in Sri Lanka (1987-1990)
1987 - 1990
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrections (1971 and 1987-1989)
1965 - 1989
Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka (1505-1658)
1505 - 1658