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Causes Of Conflict In Sri Lanka
- Unfair University Admission Criteria
- Tamils need to score higher than Sinhalese to get into the same course. A fixed number of places are also reserved for the Sinhalese
- Hence it is harder for Tamils to get into a good course compared to the Sinhalese
- This reduced the Tamils' opportunities in life, thus Tamils have a more gloomy future than ths Sinhalese
- Tamil hatred towards Sinhalese grew as they felt that their places in university are stolen by the Sinhalese
- Tamils felt angry and discriminated against by the Sinhalese Gov
- Tensions between Tamils and Sinhalese grew, leading to their conflict
- Tensions between Tamils and Sinhalese grew, leading to their conflict
- Tamils felt angry and discriminated against by the Sinhalese Gov
- Tamil hatred towards Sinhalese grew as they felt that their places in university are stolen by the Sinhalese
- This reduced the Tamils' opportunities in life, thus Tamils have a more gloomy future than ths Sinhalese
- Hence it is harder for Tamils to get into a good course compared to the Sinhalese
- Tamils need to score higher than Sinhalese to get into the same course. A fixed number of places are also reserved for the Sinhalese
- Citizenship Rights issue
- Citizenship Act passed in 1948
- Only those who are born in Sri Lankan and those whose forefathers were born in Sri Lanka were granted citizenship.
- There was a group of Tamils who were not granted citizenship and became statless despite their contributions to Sri Lanka's economy and tea plantation industry
- Gov also showed insincerity in resolving the issue as they took more than 20 years to fully grant these Tamils citizenship after many requests
- The Tamils felt angry and discriminated against by the Sinhalese Gov
- Tamil hatred towards Sinhalese grew
- Tensions between Tamils and Sinhalese grew
- Outbreak of conflict !!!
- Outbreak of conflict !!!
- Tensions between Tamils and Sinhalese grew
- Tamil hatred towards Sinhalese grew
- The Tamils felt angry and discriminated against by the Sinhalese Gov
- Gov also showed insincerity in resolving the issue as they took more than 20 years to fully grant these Tamils citizenship after many requests
- There was a group of Tamils who were not granted citizenship and became statless despite their contributions to Sri Lanka's economy and tea plantation industry
- Only those who are born in Sri Lankan and those whose forefathers were born in Sri Lanka were granted citizenship.
- Citizenship Act passed in 1948
- Sinhala Only Policy
- Under the British, the Tamils were favoured and held better powerful positions than the Sinhalese due to their ability to master the English language
- The Official Language Act was passed after independence
- Sinhala became the only official language in Sri Lanka
- Tamils were given 2 years to master Sinhala or they will be fired
- This meant that it is harder for the Tamils to find good jobs compared to the Sinhalese thus a gloomy future
- Tamil hatred towards Sinhalese increased as they felt angry and discriminated against by the Sinhalese Gov
- Tensions between Tamils and Sinhalese increased, leading to their conflict
- Tensions between Tamils and Sinhalese increased, leading to their conflict
- Tamil hatred towards Sinhalese increased as they felt angry and discriminated against by the Sinhalese Gov
- This meant that it is harder for the Tamils to find good jobs compared to the Sinhalese thus a gloomy future
- Tamils were given 2 years to master Sinhala or they will be fired
- Sinhala became the only official language in Sri Lanka
- The Official Language Act was passed after independence
- Under the British, the Tamils were favoured and held better powerful positions than the Sinhalese due to their ability to master the English language
- Resettlement Policy
- Poor Sinhalese peasants, soldiers and Buddhist monks were resettled into Tamil living areas and given Tamil lands to live in
- These peasants were given Tamil land to cultivate, and soldiers bullied the Tamils. The Tamils also see the resettlement of the monks as a purpose act of the Sinhalese Gov to errode their culture and beliefs
- These angered the Tamils as they felt discriminated against by the Sinhalese Gov
- Tamil hatred towards Sinhalese grew
- Tensions between Tamils and Sinhalese increased, leading to their conflict
- Tensions between Tamils and Sinhalese increased, leading to their conflict
- Tamil hatred towards Sinhalese grew
- These angered the Tamils as they felt discriminated against by the Sinhalese Gov
- These peasants were given Tamil land to cultivate, and soldiers bullied the Tamils. The Tamils also see the resettlement of the monks as a purpose act of the Sinhalese Gov to errode their culture and beliefs
- Poor Sinhalese peasants, soldiers and Buddhist monks were resettled into Tamil living areas and given Tamil lands to live in
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