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Sinhala supremacy?5. What were the results of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka?LONG QUESTIONS

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1.Sri Lankan Tamils launched parties and struggles for recognition of Tamil as an official language, regional autonomy, the equality of opportunities in government jobs and education. There demand for more autonomy to provinces populated by Tamils was repeatedly denied.

2. By 1980s, several political organizations were formed demanding an independent Tamil state in northern and eastern parts of Srilanka.

3. The distrust between 2 communities turned into a wide spread conflict. It soon turned into a civil war resulting in death of many people of both the communities.

4. Many families were forced to leave their country as refugees and many more lost their livelihood.

5. The civil war was a terrible attack to social, cultural and economic life of the country.



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