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Ceylon was a British Crown colony between 1815 and 1948. Initially the area it covered did not include the Kingdom of Kandy, which was a protectorate from 1815, but from 1817 to 1948 the British possessions included the whole island of Ceylon, now the nation of Sri Lanka.
George V (1865–1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. He was the only Emperor of India to be present at his own Delhi Durbar. His reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape. In 1917, George became the first monarch of the House of Windsor, which he renamed from the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha as a result of anti-German public sentiment.
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Crowned and robed bust of George V facing left; below bust in small lettering the artist's initials B.M. GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA • |
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Depict a palm tree and denomination in English in the center, surrounded by the denomination in Tamil and Sinhalese, the country name above, and the issue year below. CEYLON |
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