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what was the reason of the civil war in Sri lanka? what was its impact on the country?

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Answered by sethrollins999
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The main reasons for the civil war in Sri Lanka were-

Britishers policy of discrimination from colonial times. They adopted policy of giving more representation to Tamils in education , jobs, government civil services both at higher and lower post. While the population of Sinhalese were in majority.Adoption of parliamentary democracy with majoritarian rule where Tamil could never gain majority in the system.Discrimination towards Tamils . Sinhalese language made the only official language in 1956. Tamil made to resign from government jobs. Restriction for Tamils in college education, Tamil media and literature banned this leads to riots in 1956,58,77 and 83.Formation of LTTE in 1972 with their ultimate demand of Eelum.Indian-Sri Lanka peace accord and continue interference of India in Sri Lanka.
It's impact on the country was
Sri lanka hold an important location for the safety and integrity of india the follwing were the impacts

.1 firstly the huge number of tamilian refugees came into india during the war and it was getting increased day by day

.2 there was an interven in veitnam by america. Where america devided country and placed a puppet government in south veitnam this was feared by the indian government as if it wounld have happened then it proved to be a great security risk for india

.3 the transportation was getting disturbed and india fishermens where dying

.4 india had historic trade links with sri lanka

.5 therefore peace in the island was important

The impact was

The death of our former pm rajiv gandhi

The high cost of the military operation tarnished economy

Refugee handling problem.
Hope this helps you

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