Political Science, asked by divyagariga6770, 1 year ago

What was the steps taken by the sri lanken government in 1956?

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Answered by rakhithakur
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1. In 1956, an Act was passed to recognise Sinhala as the only official language, thus disregarding Tamil.
2. The governments followed preferential policies that favoured Sinhala applicants for university positions and government jobs.

3. A new constitution stipulated that the state shall protect and foster Buddhism.

4. Tamils were denied of equal political rights and were discriminate

✓ The govt adopted majoritarianism measure to establish Sinhala supremacy in the country


✓ The govt dominated in terms of language and only gave advantage to the Sinhala speaking community


✓ This made Sri Lanka Tamils feel isolated and made them protest for their rights which turned out to worsen relations between the two communities


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