language. The Tamils had hoped that the island’s independence would bring equality to the country‚ but the cultural differences were just too great. Rioting broke out in 1958‚ followed by some compromises with the Tamils. The Sinhalese prime minister was assassinated Neal Lineback 1959 and there were ultra-leftist terrorist activities. Finally‚ in the early 1980s‚ and Mandy Lineback Gritzner Sinhalese and Tamil separatist violence erupted. The Tamils began calling for a separate Tamil state in northern
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whereas tamils who have been living in Sri Lanka for a long time and working in tea plantations are not given citizenship‚ and are denied basic rights such as voting. In 1964‚ the government sent many tamils back to India and granted citizenship to the remaining tamils. However‚ by the 1980’s‚ this was still not carried out fully. About 100‚000 tamils who are contributing to the society is still stateless. In 2003‚ a bill of origin of Indian persons was passed and allowed tamils who have
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of this Island. This led the other nations to come on trading goods and services. The nations from India‚ Indonesia‚ Arab and Chinese came for trading and they settled in Sri Lanka. As a result of these many other ethnic minorities‚ which includes Tamils‚ Muslim Moors‚ Burghers and Malays lived in Sri Lanka. This land was concurred by many countries. Especially Portugal‚ Dutch and lastly the British were the three main countries who captured Sri Lanka. But in year 1948‚ the country was independent
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Beginning on 23 July 1983‚ there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE‚ also known as the Tamil Tigers)‚ a separatist militant organisation which fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign‚ the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009‚ bringing the civil war to an end. For over 25 years‚ this civil war caused significant hardships
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Social Studies Assignment On: India and Her Neighbors Done by: Tatinee Dey 1.The Kargil War • The Kargil War‚ also known as the Kargil conflict was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir. The cause of the war was the infiltration of Pakistani soldiers and Kashmiri militants into positions on the Indian side of the Line of Control‚ which serves as the de facto border between the two nations. Directly after the
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History History of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s history is a source of great pride to both Sinhalese and Tamils‚ the country’s two largest ethnic groups. The only problem is‚ they have two completely different versions. Every historical site‚ religious structure‚ even village name seems to have conflicting stories about its origin‚ and those stories are‚ in turn‚ blended over time with contrasting religious myths and local legends. The end results are often used as evidence that the island is one group’s
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widely studied by linguists (e.g. Lim‚ 2007; & Deterding‚ 2007). It is also widely accepted‚ both amongst scholarly literature and within the general population‚ that CSE (its lexicon/syntax/etc.) is predominantly Chinese- or Malay-based and that Tamil has only had minimal influences (Leimgruber‚ 2009). However‚ little thought has been given‚ by the general population at least‚ as to why exactly this is so (that CSE is predominantly Chinese- or Malay-based); most Singaporeans simply take this ‘phenomenon’
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practically every sphere of life. Having realized this through various experiences‚ a thought occurred to me to find out‚ atleast‚ how the caste I belong to- Kongu Vellalar Gounder (in Tamil Nadu) actually came into existence. The following has been highly drawn from secondary sources. * Gounders! Who are they? The Tamil country was ruled mainly by three dynasties- Pandyas‚ Cheras and Cholas. During the reign of Satru Sadhana Pandyan‚ a war was fought between him and Uttama Chola of the Chola dynasty
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the challengers ahead For nearly three decades‚ Sri Lanka has been scarred by a bitter civil war driven by ethnic tensions. In May 2009‚ the Government of Sri Lanka announced a decisive military victory over the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers). The war claimed thousands of deaths and tensions between ethnic groups remain high. If left to simmer below the surface‚ these tensions could threaten the fragile peace Sri Lanka is working to build. The general public of Sri Lanka
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