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5 June 1956

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:01

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... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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15 June 1956

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 02:00

Official Languages Act No. 33 of 1956, popularly known as the 'Sinhala Only Act', is passed in parliament. http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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25 July 1957

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 01:58

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... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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3 October 1957

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 01:57

J.R. Jayewardene organises a march from Colombo to Kandy in protest against the 'Bandaranaike-Chelvanayakam Pact'. http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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19 February 1958

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 01:52

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... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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9 April 1958

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 01:51

‘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... http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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4 August 1958

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 01:43

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. http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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1 January 1961

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 01:38

‘Sinhala Only Act’ comes into force: Sinhala becomes the sole official language. http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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1972

Posted in : pact.goofyfootholidays.com    Mon, Mar 24 2008, 00:23

The ‘district quota’ system is introduced for university entrance, improving the prospects for rural and provincial populations. The system is perceived to be at the expense of Tamil students from urban areas, mainly from Colombo and Jaffna. http://pact.goofyfootholidays.com/2008...

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Update 4 - Jan 23 - Implementing Localization I

Posted in : mehlamkalverts.net    Wed, Jan 23 2008, 17:08

Last week I talked about the need to create properties files that contain translations which Java uses to display content. Today I will describe how I went about being able to do that in a windows setting. The first problem I had was being able to... http://mehlamkalverts.net/isblog/?p=6

[More related posts here] tags :  internationalization ,   language ,   localization ,   translation ,   transliteration

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