Question

25. What is the ethnic composition of Srilankan?​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Sri Lanka

i) 74 per cent Sinhala speakers

ii) 18 per cent Tamil speakers

iii) Tamils speakers were divided into 2 subgroups

iv) Srilankan Tamils and Indian Tamils - Sri Lankan Tamils were 13 per cent and rest 5 per cent were Indian Tamils

Answer 2

Composition of Srilankan population

Sinhala speakers - 74%

Tamil speakers - 18 %

Tamil population

Indian Tamils (plantation workers of colonial period)

Srilankan native Tamils

Religious composition

Most of the Sinhala speakers - Buddhist

Most of the Tamil speakers - Hindus or Muslims

Both Tamil & Sinhala - Christians [ 7% ]

Majoritarianism in Srilanka

Emerged as an independent country in 1948.

Sinhala community secured dominance over government.

1956 : Sinhala became the official language.

University positions and Government jobs favoured Sinhala applicants.

State shall protect and foster Buddhism

Demands of Srilankan Tamils

For the recognition of Tamil as an official language.

For the regional autonomy

For equality of opportunity in securing education and jobs.

But their demands were denied and they started feeling alienated.

---> The relations of Sinhalas & Tamils strained over time and ended with the civil war.

---> 1000 were killed and many became refugees.

---> It caused a terrible setback to the Srilankan economy.

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