Address given by Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola at the Ceylon independence ceremony (10 February 1948)
Text On 10 February 1948, the High Commissioner to the UK for Pakistan, Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, gives an address during the festivities held to mark the independence of Ceylon.
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Source: Speech made by the High Commissioner on 10.2.48 at the reception given by the Ceylon Representative. 10-02-1948. Kept in: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). DO - Records created or inherited by the Dominions Office, and of the Commonwealth Relations and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, DO 35 - Dominions Office and Commonwealth Relations Office: Original Correspondence. Ceylon's Independence Day Celebrations, February 4th 1948, DO 35/2195.
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