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Sri Lanka

By TheDowntownSasquatch
  • Independence achieved

    Independence achieved

    Their independence was granted. They changed their name from Ceylon to Sri Lanka.
  • Period: to

    Sri Lanka:Independence and on

  • Became a Republic

    Became a Republic

    Sri Lanka assumed status as a Republic and began to work their government.

  • Constitutuion Introduced

    The Sri Lankan Constitution was written and accepted. It established many ground rules for the society.
  • Civil War Began

    Civil War Began

    The War in Sri Lanka lasted for many years and molded the cultureof the citizens,

  • Youth Uprising began

    The youth were swayed to either side and began fighthing in the civil war.

  • President Premadasa killed

    He was killed by a radical and this hurt the morale of the people.

  • Civil War Ended

    The civil war was a long fought battle but came to a close in 2009. This was a strange adjustment for the people of Sri Lanka because it took so long to complete the war.

  • Fighting Continues

    The Tamil Tigers begin to set off more bombs and this sparks the Civil War back up
  • Tamil Tigers Defeated

    Tamil Tigers Defeated

    The tigers were finished by the Government and Sri Lanka returned to a non-fighting state.

  • UN makes mandations

    The UN Human Rights Council asks Sri Lanka to look into human rights cases more carefully since that is a huge problem there,