Question

Describe any three ‘majoritarian measures’ taken by the Sri Lankan Government to establish Sinhala supremacy.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The series of majoritarian measures adopted by the democratically elected government were as follows: 

(i) In 1956, an act was passed to recognise Sinhala as the official language thus disregarding Tamil.

(ii) The government followed preferential policies that favoured Sinhala applicants for university positions and government jobs.

(iii) A new Constitution stipulated that the state shall protect and foster Buddhism.

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

• The constitution will foster only buddhism
• Sinhala will be the national language of srilanka
• People speaking sinhala will get government jobs
• The children of sinhala speakers will only get admissions in government school ,unversities. Sinhala was made the official language.