Question

Describe any three demands of the sri lankan tamils . How did they struggles for their demands

Answer 1

Jun '16

‘Sri Lankan Tamils’ started their struggle by lanching their political parties for the;

(i) recognition of Tamil as an official language and regional autonomy.

(ii) For regional autonomy.

(iii) Equality of opportunity in securing education and jobs.

In order to protest for their demand they started a political struggle in the way of conflict with the government.

(i) By 1980s several political organisation were formed demanding an independent Tamil Elam (State) in northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka.

(ii) The distrust between the two communities turned into wide spread conflict which soon turned into a civil war.

(iii) Asa resultthousandsofpeopleof posh communities have been killed and caused a terrible set back to the social, cultural and economic life of the country.

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Answer 2

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• Recognition of Tamil as an official language.
• Regional autonomy.
• Equal opportunity in securing jobs and education.

They formed several political organization, but when the government tried to suppress their activities by force , this led to a Civil War.

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