<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Ceylon" id="mwuQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dominion of Ceylon">Ceylon</a> (later renamed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" id="mwug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>) becomes independent within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" id="mwuw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of Nations">British Commonwealth</a>.