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How is sinhala declared as official language of sri lanka

Answer 1

The Sinhala Only Act, formally the Official Language Act No. 33 of 1956, was an act passed in the Parliament of Ceylon in 1956.The act replaced English as the official language of Ceylon with Sinhalese.The act failed to give official recognition to Tamil, which had not received official recognition before.[clarification needed]

Sinhalese is the language of Sri Lanka's majority Sinhalese people, who accounted for around 70% of the country's population at that time.Tamil is the first language of Ceylon's three largest minority ethnic groups, the Indian Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamils and Moors, who together accounted for around 29% of the country's population.

The act was controversial as supporters of the act saw it as an attempt by a community that had just gained independence to distance themselves from their colonial masters, while its opponents viewed it as an attempt by the linguistic majority to oppress and assert dominance on minorities. The Act symbolizes the post independent majority Sinhalese to assert its Sri Lanka's identity as a nation state, and for Tamils, it became a symbol of minority oppression and a justification for them to demand a separate nation-state, Tamil Eelam, which was a factor in the emergence of the decades-long Sri Lankan Civil War.

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Answer 2

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Then, Sinhala was the language of Ceylon's majority Sinhalese people, who accounted for around 70 per cent nation's populace. Following the policy of majoritarianism, the Sri Lankan govt that came to power after Sri Lanka's independence gave prominence to Sinhalese and made Sinhala the official language of Sri Lanka

However, this was opposed by the Sri Lankan Tamil who felt that were being discriminated,  being among other measures that was introduced by the Sri Lanka govt to give prominence to Sinhalese.

The Act symbolised the "self-determination" of the after-independent Sinhalese majority to affirm Ceylon 's identity as a "nation state". However, for the minority Tamils it symbolised minority oppression & a justification for demanding a nation state, that is, the "Tamil Eelam" - the factor that contributed to the development of the decades of civil war in Sri Lanka

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