sri lanka
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Sri Lanka
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Sinhalese
Tamil
The People of Sri Lanka
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1796 - Britain begins to take over island.
1815 - Britain starts bringing in Tamil laborers from southern India
1833 - Whole island united under one British administration.
1931 - British grant the right to vote and introduce power sharing with Sinhalese-run cabinet.
1948 - Ceylon gains full independence.
History Of Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
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1949 - Indian Tamil plantation workers disenfranchised and many deprived of citizenship.
1956 - Sinhala made sole official language and other measures introduced to bolster Sinhalese and Buddhist feeling. More than 100 Tamils killed in widespread violence after Tamil parliamentarians protest at new laws.
History of Sri Lanka (continued)
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1959-1970 Tensions between Tamils and Singhalese rises
1972- Ceylon changes its name to Sri Lanka and Buddhism given primary place as country's religion
History of Sri Lanka (continued)
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LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)
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BLACK JULY – Beginning of Civil War
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India gets involved
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Government signs accords creating new councils for Tamil areas in north and east
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Indian troops leave and fighting continues (2nd Eelam War)
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President Premadasa killed in LTTE bomb attack.A rebel attack on the airport destroyed much of the national fleet in 2001President Kumaratunga comes to power pledging to end war. Peace talks opened with LTTE.
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"Third Eelam War" begins when rebels sink naval craft.
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War rages across north and east. Tigers bomb Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist site. President Kumaratunga is wounded in a bomb attack. Suicide attack on the international airport destroys half the Sri Lankan Airlines fleet.
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Government and Tamil Tiger rebels sign a Norwegian-mediated ceasefire.De-commissioning of weapons begins; the road linking the Jaffna peninsula with the rest of Sri Lanka reopens after 12 years; passenger flights to Jaffna resume. Government lifts ban on Tamil Tigers. Rebels drop demand for separate state.
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Ceasefire holds, LTTE keeps trying
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TSUNAMI HITS FIGHTING CEASES IN ORDER TO REPAIR HOMES
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After two years LTTE kills off State of emergency A suicide bomber attacks the main military compound in Colombo, killing at least eight people. The military launch air strikes on Tamil Tiger targets.
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WORST TAMIL TIGER ATTACKS IN RECORDED HISTORY
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Tamil Tigers claimed defeated
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Government controversy still goes on