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1956 anti-Tamil pogrom

1956 anti-Tamil pogrom

First major Sinhalese-Tamil clash in Ceylon.

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  1. Pogrom

    Violent attack on an ethnic or religious group.

    18%

  2. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

    4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956 to 1959.

    16%

  3. Gal Oya

    River in Sri Lanka.

    9.3%

  4. Sri Lankan Tamils

    South Asian ethnic group.

    7.8%

  5. Dominion of Ceylon

    British dominion in Asia from 1948 to 1972.

    7.8%

  6. Sinhalese people

    Native ethnic group of Sri Lanka.

    4.8%

  7. S. J. V. Chelvanayakam

    Sri Lankan politician (1898–1977).

    3.3%

  8. Vedda

    Indigenous people in Sri Lanka.

    3%

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  1. Sri Lankan civil war

    1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict.

    50%

  2. 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom

    First islandwide Sinhalese-Tamil riots in Ceylon.

    10%

  3. Sri Lankan Tamils

    South Asian ethnic group.

    7.4%

  4. Black July

    1983 anti-Tamil riots in Sri Lanka.

    2.9%

  5. Gal Oya

    River in Sri Lanka.

    2.6%

  6. Pogrom

    Violent attack on an ethnic or religious group.

    2.2%

  7. Tamil nationalism

    Ideology based on a Tamil nation.

    0.77%