Dominion of Ceylon February 1948, with an amended constitution taking effect on the same date. Independence was granted under the Ceylon Independence Act 1947. Military treaties with the United Kingdom preserved intact British air and sea bases in the country; British officers also continued to fill most of the upper ranks of the Ceylon Army. Don Senanayake became the first Prime Minister of Ceylon. Later in 1948, when Ceylon applied for United Nations membership, the Soviet Union vetoed the application. This was partly because the Soviet Union believed that the Ceylon was only nominally independent, and the British still exercised control over it
First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister First Person Singular: Pearson – The Memoirs of a Prime Minister was a Canadian biographical television miniseries which aired on CBC Television from 1973 to 1975. Bernard Ostry interviewed and former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson in this series. Episodes featured this interview footage combined with historic photographs and other film footage of Pearson. This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 27 May to 19 August 1973. It was rebroadcast Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. from 23 October 1974 to 15 January 1975. The