what factors led to a civil war in Sri Lanka in 5 mark
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Answer:
• The factors that led to the civil war in Sri Lanka is mainly due to the policies adopted by the Sri Lankan majoritarian government.
Explanation:
• The Sri Lankan society is made up of many linguistic, religious and ethnic groups. The majority of them, about 74% are the people speaking Sinhalese. They are called as the Sinhala community and they are the largest community in Sri Lanka.
• But there are various minority communities that also reside there. Among them the largest minority community is the Sri Lankan Tamils.
• After its independence, the Sri Lankan government has adopted the majoritarian regime which means that the government emphasized on the demands of only the majority group hence alienating the minorities.
• There were various instances where the Sri Lankan Tamils were discriminated and were denied the opportunity of attending colleges, universities, or government jobs.
• This deepened the mistrust of the Sri Lankan Tamils in the government, and around 1980s they started demanding a autonomous state of Tamil Eelam.
• The government denied it, and the protests grew violent. It lead to the armed rebellions by the LTTE ( Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) and army was called.
• This started the Civil War in Sri Lanka which lasted for about 26 years, and finally ended in 2009.