CAUSES
OF CONFLICTS
IN SRI
LANKA
By Ai Ling, Rajkirren & Gary 3/2

Sinhalese vs Tamils

Problems Origin
Sinhalese vs Tamils
Era British Colonial Independent Sri Lanka
Favours
Tamils (minority) Sinhalese
to
In Jobs & Education Government Policies

Policies > Conflicts
Ceylon citizenship FOREIGN INTERFERENCE
INDIAN TAMILS
act of 1948
India helped the tamils
stateless, losing their to negotiate with Sri
basic rights, even Lanka government.
Granting citizenship to
those who or/and has though they contribute The tamils was granted a
forefathers that were largely to the economy citizenship after a series
born in Sri Lanka. of ethnic violence
interruption

Policies > Conflicts
“Sinhala Only” Act Pro & Contra Partial Reversal
1956 the SLFP and the UNP in 1958
supporting it, LSSP,
allowing only Sinhalese Communist Party (Ceylon) Revision of the
language to be used in & Tamil Nationalist Parties campaign became
the government. opposing it “Sinhala only, Tamil also”.

Policies > Conflicts
University admission
criteria
New criteria by the
government in 1970.
Tamil students need
higher marks.
A xed number of places
in the university were set
aside for the Sinhalese
students.

Policies > Conflicts
Resettlement
Poor Sinhalese peasants were
transferred to the Jaffna peninsula &
batticaloa districts where majority
were Tamils
The government gave them land on
which Tamil people were living on to
farm on.
The Tamil people were chased
out of their homes and lands by
the army.

CAUSES
OF CONFLICTS
IN SRI
LANKA
By Ai Ling, Rajkirren & Gary 3/2

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