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The Official Language Act (No. 33 of 1956), commonly referred to as the Sinhala Only Act, was an act passed in the Parliament of Ceylon in 1956. [1] The act replaced English with Sinhala as the sole official language of Ceylon, with the exclusion of Tamil from the act.
The pro-Sinhalese nationalist Freedom Party came to power in April 1956 promising to make Sinhala, the language of the majority Sinhalese people, the sole official language. [15] In the first week of May 1956, Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike met with the Attorney General and the Legal Draftsman giving guidelines for the Language Bill.
In keeping with one of his primary election polices, Bandaranaike had the Official Language Act (No. 33 of 1956) passed. known as the Sinhala Only Act, it made Sinhala language the sole official language of the country, replacing English which he had promised to do within 24 hours of coming to power. The effects of this legislation was profound ...
The new government passed the Official Language Act (No. 33 of 1956) commonly known as the Sinhala Only Act, making Sinhala the sole official language of the country, fulfilling a major election pledge.
Official Language Act or Official Languages Act may refer to: . one of several acts passed in Sri Lanka, including the Official Language Act No. 33 of 1956 (Ceylon), commonly known as the Sinhala Only Act, which replaced English with Sinhala as the official language of the country,
Due to these protests, the bill without the Tamil provisions was introduced in the Parliament on 5 June 1956. [28] [29] [30] While the Sinhala Only Act, as the bill came to be known, was being debated in the Parliament, the Tamil Federal Party staged a satyagraha protest outside the parliament building, which was met with a counter-protest by ...
The party may be over for thousands of Russian tourists who moved to Sri Lanka amid the war in Ukraine.. Authorities in the South Asian island nation said this week they were canceling long-term ...
In the 1956 parliamentary election the ITAK overtook the ACTC as the most popular party amongst Ceylon Tamils. [57] [58] On 5 June 1956 a group of Tamil activists and parliamentarians, led by Chelvanayakam, staged a satyagraha (a form of non-violent resistance) against the Sinhala Only Act on Galle Face Green opposite the Parliament. [59]