Chalana Perera's List: Extended Essay Research

• The British colonial policy of divide and rule sowed the seeds of renewed tensions between the Sinhalese and Tamil communities after independence.
• Tamils, although well-educated, were given a disproportionate number of top jobs in the civil service by the British. Once the Sinhalese majority held sway, its politicians sought to redress the balance with populist but discriminatory policies against Tamils.
• In 1983, the country erupted into full scale communal violence after 13 soldiers were killed by Tamils.

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• The seeds of discord were sown and the subsequent history of the country becomes one long tale of racial hostility, internecine strife and ultimate national decadence.

• commissioners also favored the decentralization of executive power in the government
• replacing his advisory council with an Executive Council
• 1833 three of the fifteen members were Sri Lankans
• new emphasis be placed on English education
• the prime minister

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