Troubled paradise: Sri Lanka's history in nine dates
On February 4, 1948, the South Asian Island of Ceylon is granted independence after more than 150 years as a colony under the British crown.
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Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe salutes during Sri Lanka's 75th Independence Day celebrations in Colombo on February 4, 2023. (AFP)
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Sri Lanka, a tropical paradise that has spent much of its modern history at war with itself, on Saturday marked 75 years since the end of British colonial rule.
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