"Ceylon followed" . "independence movement" . . "self-governing status" . . . "independent period" . "Sri Lanka gained independence" . . "largely non-violent independence movement" . "independence activist" . "independence" . "independence in 1948" . "nationalist political movement" . "Sri Lankan independence" . "Independence activist" . "Sri Lanka's Independence from the United Kingdom" . "Sri Lankan independence movement" . "independence of Sri Lanka" . . . "Sri Lankan Independence" . "self-rule in Ceylon" . "1915 riots" . "post-independence" . "Sri Lankan Independence Day" . . "National Independence Movement" . "independence from Britain" . . "Sri Lankan independence movement" . "independence from British colonial rule" . "Independence" . "Ceylonese independence" . . "independence from the United Kingdom" . "Buddhist resurgence" . . . . "modern independence movement" . "regains its independence" .