ceylon changed its name to sri lanka in 1978.
when did ceylon change its name to sri lanka?
1978
netball was first played in sri lanka in 1921. the first game was played by ceylon girl guide company at kandy high school. the first interschool march was played between kandy high school and colombo ladies college in february 1925. in 1927, netball was played at government training college for the first time. this helped spread the game around sri lanka. the game was being played at methodist college colombo and bishop's college by the 1930s. by 1952, sri lankan clubs were playing indian club sides. by 1952, sri lankan clubs were playing indian club sides. in 1956, sri lanka played its first international match against australia's national team in sri lanka. sri lanka took part in the 1960 netball meeting of commonwealth countries to try to standardise the rules for the game. this meeting took place in sri lanka. in 1972, the netball federation of sri lanka was created. in 1983, netball federation of sri lanka was dissolved by the government. sri lanka had a national team compete in the fifth asian netball championship held in colombo, sri lanka in 2001. sri lanka competed in the 7th asian youth netball championship held in 2010 in india. as of august 2016, the women's national team was ranked number twenty-seven in the world.
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