Year: | 1956, June 5 | |
Short description: | Sri Lanka's Official Language Act | |
Medium description: | The introduction of the Official Language Act, which attempted to impose Sinhalese as the sole official language of Sri Lanka. Introduced by the Bandaranaike's Mahajana Eksath Permuna (United Buddhist Front) shortly after its victory in the general election in April of this year. Devotta(2003)states that it led to riots which marked the beginning of major Sinhalese-Tamil conflict and a "turning point in ethnic relations in Sri Lanka". | |
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