From Ceylon they were brought to Calcutta by a cruiser of the Indian Navy (January 1949) and the celebrations, both popular and official, were tremendous. Pandit Nehru received them at Government ...

The island of Ceylon is 270 miles in length, 156 miles in breadth, and very mountainous near the centre, there being mountains ranging between 3,000 and 7,000 feet high, 10 of which are above the ...