Ethnic Unrest in Modern Sri Lanka: An Account of Tamil-Sinhalese Race RelationsM.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd., 1994 - 196 pages The study presents a comprehensive account of the current ethnic conflict between the Sri Lankan Tamils and the Sinhalese Government. Staking their claim as the earliest immigrants into the island, a claim challenged by the tamils, the sinhalese in course of time, assumed political sovereighty over the island including the Tamils in the Socio-economic-educational fields as well. |
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Contents
Ethnic Composition of the Ceylonese Society | 1 |
Background Causes of the Present Ethnic Unrest | 15 |
Genesis and Growth of the Movement for Eelam or Separate Homeland for the Tamils | 31 |
Ethnic Violence | 51 |
IndoSri Lanka Agreement of 29 July 1987 | 83 |
Indian Peacekeeping Force IPKF | 105 |
Birth of the NorthEastern Province | 121 |
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