Lost Ceylon Diaries on Instagram: "On 4 February 1948, Sri Lanka... then known as Ceylon won its political independence from British colonial rule through a peaceful constitutional transition. This was the culmination of decades of struggle by many leaders and movements who sought self-government for the island nation. Under the Soulbury Constitution adopted in 1947, Ceylon became a Dominion within the British Commonwealth on 4 February 1948, with its own parliamentary system and governing insti