Ceylon: Misc

the fungus Hemileia vastatrix (pictured) which plagued the coffee industry in Ceylon from 1869 contributed to the growth of commercial tea production?
at the 1815 Kandyan Convention which handed over Ceylon to Britain, Wariyapola Sri Sumangala took down the Union Jack and raised the flag of the Sinhalese kings?
Norman Marjoribanks, later acting Governor of Madras, headed a commission to investigate the plight of indentured Tamil labourers on plantations in Ceylon?

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Ceylon is a village in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.

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