Describe the ethnic conflict that led to violence in Sri Lanka

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Emanuel Shea

19 July, 08:10

Describe the ethnic conflict that led to violence in Sri Lanka

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Clare Montoya · Answer 1

The ethnic conflict that led to violence in Sri Lanka is "Sri Lankan Civil War".

Explanation:

The root cause which led to Civil War in Sri Lanka lie on the ongoing political conflict between the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority. The origins of current violence lie in the colonial rule of Britain when the country was called as "Ceylon".

The Civil War of Sri Lanka was started on 23 July, 1983 and fought on its Island due to an spasmodic uprisings happened by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) or the Tamil Tigers against the government.

Their motive was to establish a freedom Tamil state at north and nation's east by naming it as "Tamil Eelam". But in May 2009 the Sri Lanka's military defeated the Tamil Tigers after military campaign (26 year), bringing the end to the civil war.