Essays Tagged: "sinhalese"

Separatist Movements and Civil Wars in the Tamils and Sri Lanka

s are eager to form their own state. Since the tamils have a larger part in the government than the Sinhalese, the Buddhists are jealous and feel that their rights are not being protected. Ethinic con ... jealous and feel that their rights are not being protected. Ethinic conflicts between the majority sinhalese Buddhists and the minority Hindu tamils cause strife. The tamils feel that their language ...

(8 pages) 66 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Sinhalese versus the Tamils

e many ethnic groups in Sri Lanka but the two main ones would be the Singhalese and the Tamils. The Sinhalese are the majority and the Tamils are the minority. According to the population statistics i ... ing to the population statistics in 1991 the total population is 17 103 000 in which 12,656,000 are Sinhalese, 3 113 000 are Tamils, Muslims (mostly Tamil speaking) are 1 214 000 and 120 000 other eth ...

(4 pages) 44 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Information literacy assignment about Sri Lanka.

a. The island is 66,000 sq.km and is inhabited by 19 million people. The majority of the people are Sinhalese, which makes up 74% of the population, most of which is Buddhists. The largest minority is ... ri Lanka has a highly complex legal system. It consists of English common law, Roman-Dutch, Muslim, Sinhalese, and customary law; it has not accepted compulsory International Court of Justice jurisdic ...

(4 pages) 43 0 4.4 Sep/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The current (2005) Sri Lankan Conflict.

the foot of the Asian continent, measures 65,610 sq km and comprises of two main ethnic groups, the Sinhalese majority (76%) and the Tamil minority (18%). These groups have long shared the island, whi ... ion the British merged the two nations in 1815 and when the country received independence in 1948 a Sinhalese government was set up to govern over the whole. This government discriminates against the ...

(6 pages) 50 0 3.7 Sep/2005

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

History of the Conflict in Sri Lanka

n the Sri Lankan Tamils, who have traditionally inhabited the northern and eastern regions, and the Sinhalese, concentrated in the central and southern regions, have been tried since the 1950s, but to ... o sixth century A.D when it was portrayed that Prince Vijaya was sent by Lord Buddha to establish a Sinhalese civilization which was incessantly threatened by the perpetually invading Tamils, viewed a ...

(3 pages) 13 0 1.0 Nov/2009

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