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April 1956

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Solomon W.R.D. Bandaranaike is elected as prime minister, in a landslide victory of the Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP).

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Federal Party conducts sathyagraha protest on Galle Face Green against intended legislation to make Sinhala the official language. Protests spark communal violence in Colombo. Violence spreads to Ampara and the Gal-Oya Valley. An estimated 150 deaths...

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15 June 1956

Submitted : Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:00

Official Languages Act No. 33 of 1956, popularly known as the 'Sinhala Only Act', is passed in parliament.

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25 July 1957

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Talks between S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike and leaders of the Federal Party: the 'Bandaranaike–Chelvanayagam Pact' is signed, pledging to devolve state power through regional councils, to recognise Tamil as a national minority language and to slow Sinhalese...

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3 October 1957

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J.R. Jayewardene organises a march from Colombo to Kandy in protest against the 'Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam Pact'.

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19 February 1958

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Federal Party starts the 'anti Sri' campaign in the North, defacing the letter 'Sri' on vehicle licence plates and Sinhala letters on name boards in the North and East with tar. Extract from Emergency '58: Goondas in Action "Meanwhile race-ha...

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9 April 1958

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‘Bandaranaike-Chelvanayagam Pact’ document symbolically torn up amid protests by a faction of Buddhist monks (Eksath Bhikku Peramua) and other groups. Extract from Emergency '58: The Abrogation of a Pact "On the morning of April 9 a police mes...

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May 1958

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Communal riots in Colombo, Jaffna, Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Eravur and Kurunegala during May and June. An estimated 300-400 killed, over 2,000 incidents of arson, looting and assault, and 12,000 'Ceylonese' (Tamils) displaced from the...

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27 May 1958

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State of emergency declared by Governor-General. Federal Party leaders are later detained. Extract from Emergency '58: Emergency Declared "Shortly after noon on May 27, the Governor-General pro¬claimed that a State of Emergency had arisen in C...

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4 August 1958

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Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Act. No. 28: an attempt to mitigate the impact of the ‘Sinhala Only Act': allows for the use of Tamil in education, public service entrance exams and administration in the Northern and Eastern provinces.

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