Question

what are the provisions of constitutional Act of 1956 by the Sinhalese government​

Answer 1

Sinhalese government?

(i) Government adopted majoritarian measure to establish Sinhala Supremacy. In 1956, an Act was passed to recognise Sinhala as the only official language thus disregarding Tamil. (ii) The governments followed preferential politics that favoured Sinhala applicants for university positions and government jobs.