This document provides information about majoritarianism in Sri Lanka and its impact on the Tamil population. It discusses that after independence in 1948, Sri Lanka emerged as a democratic country dominated by the Sinhala Buddhist majority. The government adopted majoritarian policies to establish Sinhala supremacy, such as making Sinhala the sole official language and favoring Sinhala Buddhists for jobs and university admissions. This caused feelings of alienation and discrimination among Tamils. In response, Tamils formed their own political party and launched protests demanding equal rights, which were denied by the government. This conflict eventually led to a civil war that lasted for decades and caused immense loss of life and displacement. The document concludes that domination by a majority can undermine national unity

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2. DEMOCRATIC POLITICS-CLASS-10TH
CHAPTER-I
TOPIC: POWER SHARING
SUB TOPIC: MAJORITARIANSIM IN SRILANKA

3. BASIC INFORMATION OF SRILANKA
UNDERSTANDING PROBLEM OF SRI LANKA
IMPACT ON TAMIL POPULATION
REACTION OF PEOPLE AGAINST THE PROBLEMS
REACTION OF GOVT AGAINST PUBLIC INTEREST
CONCLUSION.

4. SRI LANKA AN ISLAND NATION
FEW KILOMETERS FROM
THE SOUTHERN COAST
OF TAMIL NADU
POPULATION OF ABOUT 2
CRORE EQUAL TO
HARYANA STATE OF INDIA
SRI LANKA HAS DIVERSE
POPULATION.
COMPLEX ETHNIC
COMPOSITION

5. SRILANKA EMERGED AS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN 1948.
A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY.
DOMINATED BY THE MAJORITY COMMUNITY
GOVT ADOPTED MAJORITARIAN MEASURES TO ESTABLISH
SINHALA SUPREMACY

6.  74% people (all Buddhists) speak SINHALA language
18% people speak Tamil (Srilankan Tamils 13% and Indian Tamils 5%)
7% people speak both Sinhala and Tamil are Christians only
1% people from unspecified community.

8.  Govt. dominated by Majority Sinhala Community.
Govt. Starts Making Laws favoring Majority community Buddhists.
In 1956 an act making Sinhala an official Language of Sri Lanka.
Govt. Favours Sinhala Buddhists in Jobs and Admissions in Colleges.
Sinhala speaking people were preferred first to give jobs.
New constitution stated that Govt. shall protect and foster Buddhism.
Govt. starts supporting Buddhists by ignoring other minorities .

9. 1. Govt. Favoring Majority Community Increased feeling
of alienation in Tamils.
2. That there is nor respect for their community
3. That Govt. do not care about religion, language and
culture of Tamil speaking Population.
4. That Govt. and Constitution denied their basic rights.
5. That equal rights in jobs and admissions are denied by
majority Buddhist Govt.
6. That it was unjust to provide jobs to majority Buddhist
community only

10. 1. Tamils formed their own political party.
2. Launched strikes and protests against Govt.
3. Demanded making Tamil as official language
4. Demanded equal treatment in jobs and admission.

11. Govt. denied all demands of Tamil population and
continued with its previous policies of supporting
majority Sinhala speaking Buddhists population

12. The demand of separate Nation By Tamils.
Separate Nation demand triggred conflict between Both communities
Civil war begins in Sri Lanka
Thousands of people died.
Thousands migrated from Sri Lanka.

13. The war ended in 2009 after causing a terrible
setback to the social, cultural and economic life of the
country

14. We learn that if a majority community wants to
dominate over others and refuses to share powers, it
can undermine the unity of the country.

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