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Is Ceylon Independent?

Roth, Andrew | September 11, 1948 issue

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Although Ceylon and India are separated by only sixty miles of water, the contrast between them is striking. Ceylon is relaxed where India is tense. It has two distinct communities with clashing outlooks, but riots are unknown. Almost half of Ceylons population can read and almost all can vote, while in India only about one-seventh can do either. Free education up through the university is in the offing, and progress is being made in public health. These conditions set Ceylon off from almost all Asiatic countries.

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EDUCATION; UNIVERSITIES & colleges; PUBLIC health; POPULATION; SRI Lanka; INDIA
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