major cause of tension among Tamil and sinhalese in Sri Lanka
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The Sinhalese say Tamils received preferential treatment under British rule (1796-1948) and point to the disproportionate number of Sri Lankan Tamil civil servants, doctors and lawyers at the time of independence.
Although many Sinhala nationalists may not agree with this view, most historians say that the roots of the conflict stem from the "divide and rule" policy adopted by the British during their occupation of Sri Lanka. Correspondence filed in London's British Library gives credence to this claim.
The reasons for Tamil predominance in the professions were many. The principal one was the large number of affordable English-language missionary schools set up in Jaffna and other Tamil areas in the north. Students from these schools were much better equipped for university admissions than those from Sinhala schools.
The affirmative action steps the Sri Lankan government took to redress the situation favoured the Sinhalese and enraged Tamils who felt disenfranchised.
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The British granted Ceylon independence in 1948. The Sinhalese majority immediately began to pass laws that discriminated against Tamils, particularly the Indian Tamils brought to the island by the British. They made Sinhalese the official language, driving Tamils out of the civil service.