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1946

Submitted : Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:20

A Select Committee is appointed to study the question of the transition of the official language from English to Sinhala and Tamil.

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tags : Britain , language

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4 February 1948

Submitted : Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:18

Ceylon gains independence, ending 152 years of British rule. D.S. Senanayake of the United National Party becomes the first Prime Minister.

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tags : Britain

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November 1948

Submitted : Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:15

All Ceylon Tamil Congress leader, G.G. Ponnambalam, asks for ‘50:50’ representation (50% for the Sinhalese, and 50% for other minorities) before the Soulbury Commission.

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tags : Tamil nationalism , Tamil politicians

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15 November 1948

Submitted : Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:14

Ceylon Citizenship Act, No 18 results in over 700,000 Indian plantation workers becoming stateless persons.

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tags : Indian Tamil issues

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18 December 1948

Submitted : Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:13

Tamil Congress divided. Chelvanayagam forms the Federal Party (Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi).

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tags : Tamil nationalism , Tamil politicians

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1949

Submitted : Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:10

Ceylon Parliamentary Elections Amendment Act No 48 of 1949 is enacted: Indian Tamil plantation workers lose the right to vote.

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tags : Indian Tamil issues , Parliamentary elections

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The Governor General, Lord Soulbury, appoints Dudley Senanayake, then Minister of Agriculture and Lands, as prime minister, on the death of D. S. Senanayake. Parliament is subsequently dissolved to allow for general elections.

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tags : Parliamentary elections

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