Question

What was the result of the conflict between the two major communities in Sri Lanka i.e. the sinhala and the Tamils. for class X.​

Answer 1

Answer:

• The final result of the conflict between the two majority communities in Sri Lanka, that is the Sinhalese and the Tamils was the Civil War in Sri Lanka.

Explanation:

• To understand the conflict between these communities we must understand the reason why these conflicts occurred in the first place.

• Many historians believe that the root cause of this conflict was the colonial rule of Britain. While many suggests that the Sinhalese believed that Tamils were favoured by British, and hence they did develop a sense of alienation during the British rule against the Tamils.

• But after the independence of Sri Lanka from the British rule, the political conditions in the country changed very rapidly.

• The Sinhalese were the single largest community in Sri Lanka and the largest minority group were the Tamils.

• The bewmy formed government of Sri Lanka started favouring the majority group in the country, that is the Sinhalese community and also started discrimination against the minority Tamils, so much so that Tamils were not given any admission in school, colleges, etc and jobs in government services.

• This led to widespread dissatisfaction among the Tamils and they started protesting against the government, which was suppressed by the government.

• The Tamils then started demanding an autonomous state of Tamil Eelam and formed a group called the LTTE, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

• Soon the LTTE launched an armed attack on the government forces, for which the government forces crossfired.

• This started the Civil War in Sri Lanka which lasted for about 23 years and was finally put to an end in 2009.