over soaring prices and a lack of food and fuel. The country's foreign currency reserves have dipped low and the country has missed debt interest payments. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president, who declared a state of emergency in western providences. Thousands of Sri Lankan protesters streamed the streets of the capital, Colombo. In July 2022, protesters occupied President's House in Colombo, causing Rajapaksa to flee and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to announce his own willingness to resign. About a week later, Parliament elected Wickremesinghe as president, on . See also History of Asia Outline of South Asian history Mahavamsa Architecture of ancient Sri Lanka Ancient constructions of Sri Lanka Irrigation works in ancient Sri Lanka Politics of Sri Lanka List of presidents of Sri Lanka List of prime ministers of Sri Lanka Velupillai Prabakaran References Further reading Arsecularatne, S. N, Sinhalese immigrants in Malaysia & Singapore, 1860–1990: History through recollections, (Colombo, KVG de Silva & Sons, 1991) Bandarage, Asoka. The separatist conflict in Sri Lanka: Terrorism, ethnicity, political economy (Routledge, 2008). Brohier, R. L, The Golden Age of Military Adventure in Ceylon: an account of the Uva Rebellion 1817–1818. (Colombo: 1933) Cheran, Rudhramoorthy, ed. Pathways of dissent: Tamil nationalism in Sri Lanka;; (Sage Publications India, 2009). Crusz, Noel, The Cocos Islands Mutiny. (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, Fremantle, WA, 2001) De Mel, Neloufer. Women & the nation's narrative: gender and nationalism in twentieth century Sri Lanka. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001). Deraniyagala, Siran, The Prehistory of Sri Lanka; an ecological perspective. (revised ed.), (Colombo: Archaeological Survey Department of Sri Lanka, 1992) de Silva Wijeyeratne, Roshan. Nation, Constitutionalism and Buddhism in Sri Lanka. ( Routledge, 2013). DeVotta, Neil. "From ethnic outbidding to ethnic conflict: the institutional bases for Sri Lanka's separatist war 1." Nations and Nationalism 11.1 (2005): 141-159. Ganguly, Sumit. "Ending the Sri Lankan civil war." Dædalus 147.1 (2018): 78–89. online Liyanagamage, Amaradasa, The decline of Polonnaruwa and the rise of Dambadeniya. (Department of Cultural Affairs, Government Press, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 1968) Manogaran, Chelvadurai. Ethnic conflict and reconciliation in Sri Lanka (University of Hawaii Press, 1987). Pieris, Paulus Edward, Ceylon and Hollanders 1658–1796. (American Ceylon Mission Press, 1918). Pieris, Paulus Edward, Ceylon and the Portuguese 1505–1658. (American Ceylon Mission Press, 1920}. Peiris, Gerald Hubert. Twilight of the tigers: peace efforts and power struggles in Sri Lanka. (Oxford University Press, 2009). Silva, K. M. de History of