Why did Sri Lankan Tamils feel alienated from Sinhalas?
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03, 1956, under which English was recognized as the official language of Ceylon along with Sinhalese. This Act did not give official recognition to Tamil. The Sri Lankan Tamils felt alienated due to the following reasons : ... They felt that none of the political parties gave importance to their language and culture.
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Sri Lankan Tamils felt alienated because:
In 1956, an Act was passed to recognise Sinhala as the only official language thus disregarding Tamil. ... (v) As a result, the relations between the Sinhala and Tamil communities strained overtime and it soon turned into a Civil War.
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