Essays Tagged: "Sinhala"

The legitimacy of the armed struggle of the Tamil people

Lanka within the confines of a unitary state served toperpetuate the oppressive rule of a permanent Sinhalamajority.It was a permanent Sinhala majority, which through a series oflegislative and admini ... rise of the armed struggle of the Tamil people constituted theTamil rebellion against a continuing Sinhala oppression over aperiod of several decades. The gross consistent and continuingviolations of ...

(7 pages) 52 0 2.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

History of the Conflict in Sri Lanka

independence from Britain in 1948, discord between the two primary ethnic and religious groups; the Sinhala-Buddhist majority and the Tamil-Hindu minority, flared into sporadic violence that has evolv ...

(3 pages) 13 0 1.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security