Sri Lanka: A Country StudyRussell R. Ross, Andrea Matles Savada |
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... referred to as Shangri - la ? The answer is elusive and can only partly be explained by the duress experienced by a multifaceted tradi- tional culture undergoing rapid change in an environment restrained by limited resources . A close ...
... referred to as Shangri - la ? The answer is elusive and can only partly be explained by the duress experienced by a multifaceted tradi- tional culture undergoing rapid change in an environment restrained by limited resources . A close ...
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... referred to as the Indo - Sri Lankan Accord , was signed between the Indian and Sri Lankan leaders with the purpose of establishing peace and normalcy in Sri Lanka . The accord was timely and politically advantageous to both leaders ...
... referred to as the Indo - Sri Lankan Accord , was signed between the Indian and Sri Lankan leaders with the purpose of establishing peace and normalcy in Sri Lanka . The accord was timely and politically advantageous to both leaders ...
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... referred to by other Tamils as " the boys , " formed the core of an extremist movement that had be- come , by the late 1980s , one of the world's most violent . By the end of 1987 , they fought not only the Sri Lankan security forces ...
... referred to by other Tamils as " the boys , " formed the core of an extremist movement that had be- come , by the late 1980s , one of the world's most violent . By the end of 1987 , they fought not only the Sri Lankan security forces ...
Contents
ORIGINS | 5 |
DECLINE OF THE SINHALESE KINGDOM 12001500 | 16 |
INDEPENDENCE | 24 |
Copyright | |
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agricultural air force areas armed forces army Asian Bandaranaike Bank billion British Buddhist caste century Ceylon Colombo colonial Constitution Court Delhi District dominated Dutch early Eastern Economic Review Eastern provinces Economic Review Hong election established ethnic exports foreign groups Hindu important increased independence Indian Peacekeeping Force Indian Tamils Indo-Sri Lankan Accord International IPKF island Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Jayewardene July Kandy Kandyan language late leader Liberation Front LSSP LTTE Mahaweli major ment militant military monks Muslim Northern and Eastern officers operations Organization Parliament percent plantation police political population Portuguese prime minister Review Hong Kong rice riots role S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike sector Sinhala National-Channel Sinhalese Sirimavo Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP Sri Lanka Sri Lankan government Sri Lankan Tamils Tamil Eelam Tamil insurgency Tamil Tigers Tamil United tion trade traditional Trincomalee troops TULF United National Party violence
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