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Examine any four reasons for strained relationships between the Sinhala and the Tamil communities.

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After the Independence (1948), the leaders of the Sinhala community of Sri Lanka took some Majoritarian measures to establish their dominance. 

These are:

(i) Majors taken in majoritarianism gradually increased the feeling of alienation among the sri Lanka Tamil.  

(ii) In 1956 an act was passed making sinhalas as an official language thus disregarding Tamil.

(iii) Government polices favored sinhalas applicant for university position and government job.New constitution was setup now state have to protect bhuddism.

(iv) They felt that government polices and constitution has denied them equal rights in securing jobs and education.



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