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Anti-Indian prejudice may be caused by the island nation's bad experience with Invasions by Tamil Dynasties (such as the Chola dynasty), their ethnic tensions with Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, who are accused of loyalty to India, [59] India's alleged support and training of the LTTE [60] as well as massacres against Tamil Sri Lankan civilians ...
The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora was well established in Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom prior to the 1983 Black July induced dispersal of refugees and asylum claimants in India, Europe, and Canada. Although relatively recent in origin, this subgroup had well-established communities in these host countries prior to the 1983 pogroms .
The Animal Act of Sri Lanka was historically passed in the parliament in 1958 which largely restricts the slaughter of cattle, cows and calves below the age of 12. The Animal Act of 1958 was later amended in 1964 with minor changes and modifications. [1] The Cattle slaughter Ordinance no 9 of 1893 also has provisions about animal slaughter.
Data is based on the Sri Lankan Government Census. In the census of 1981, the Burgher population of Sri Lanka was 39,374 persons, about 0.2% of the total population. The highest concentration of Burghers is in Colombo (0.72%) and Gampaha (0.5%). There are also significant communities in Trincomalee and Batticaloa, with an estimated population ...
Sri Lanka The 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting was the 21st Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Commonwealth of Nations . It was held in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago , between 27 and 29 November 2009, and was hosted by that country's Prime Minister, Patrick Manning .
Sri Lankan Chetties ( Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා චෙට්ටි, romanized: Śrī laṁkā Ceṭṭi, Tamil: இலங்கை செட்டி, romanized: Ilaṅkai Ceṭṭi) also known as Colombo Chetties, are an ethnicity in the island of Sri Lanka. [ 1] Before 2001, they were known as the Sri Lankan Tamil ( ශ් ...
Whilst, due to their shared constitutional histories, most countries in the Commonwealth have outwardly similar legal and political systems, several of them – including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Fiji, Gambia, Grenada, Nigeria, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Uganda – have experienced one-party rule, civilian or military ...
Vahumpura. Vahumpura also known as Wahumpura or Dewa people, are a Sinhalese caste, who were the second largest caste in Sri Lanka. [1] They were traditionally producers of jaggery, but have now spread throughout the island undertaking many occupations, including agriculture. [2]