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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.
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 ...
Professor Neil DeVotta argued that anti-Tamil climate generated by the Sinhala Only Act was broadly culpable for the riots. The Sinhalese rioters who attacked Tamils felt justified in their actions due to the popular belief about the island as a Sinhalese Buddhist land and the justification of violence by activist Buddhist monks to uphold that ...
Bandaranaike intended to honour the mandate he got by making Sinhala the only official language, while making provisions for the reasonable use of Tamil in the northern and eastern provinces. On hearing this, Prof. J. E. Jayasuriya started a fast unto death at the parliament demanding Sinhala to be the only official language with no concessions ...
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,
[54] [55] [56] As Ceylon's two main parties, the UNP and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), introduced policies which further discriminated against the country's minorities, such as the Sinhala Only Act which made the Sinhala language the sole official language of Ceylon, ITAK's Tamil nationalism became more popular than the ACTC's conservatism ...
Sri Lankan officials said they were canceling long-term tourist visa extensions amid outrage over a “whites only” party planned at a Russian-run nightclub.
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