The Tamils of Sri Lanka

Anuradhapura Article B. H. Farmer Batticaloa born in Ceylon British Buddhist Ceylon Institute Ceylon National Congress Ceylon Tamils Ceylon Workers Congress CINTA Colombo colonization Commission of Jurists concessions Constitution demand discrimination disenfranchised Dutthagamani Eastern Province Eelam election estate workers ethnic Federal Party français human rights independence Indian Tamils inter-communal island Jaffna Kandyan labour Language Act Lord Soulbury Mahavamsa memorandum Minority Rights Group Muslims National and Tamil Northern and Eastern Northern Province official language Official Language Act plantation workers political population President Jayawardene Prime Minister refugees religion repatriated Revised 1982 edition rights and freedoms schools settlement Sinhala Sinhala language Sinhala-only Sinhalese Sinhalese majority Soulbury Sri Lanka citizenship stateless Tamil Affairs Tamil Congress Tamil Ealam Tamil Language Tamil leaders Tamil minority Tamil United Front Tamil United Liberation Tamils of Sri Trincomalee TULF United Liberation Front United National Party university admissions University of Ceylon violence