Hansard — Ceylon Independence Bill (debate) and contemporaneous Ceylon Citizenship Act discussion

United Kingdom Parliament · Hansard, House of Commons / House of Lords (1947–1948)

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Public UK Parliament record of debates around the Ceylon Independence Bill 1947 and the contemporaneous awareness of the minority-rights questions that the Ceylon Citizenship Act No. 18 of 1948 then resolved against Up-Country Tamils within the first year of independence. Cited on /case/british-responsibility to document design awareness at the moment of transfer — not as a reparations predicate.

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https://hansard.parliament.uk/search?searchTerm=Ceylon+Citizenship&startDate=1947-01-01&endDate=1949-12-31

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