Sri Lanka Genocide

By Casteel Colt

  • The Beginning

    Laws making shilanese the official language and buddhism being the official religion of sri lanka excluding the tamil ways of life

  • Riots

    tamil riots kill over 200 people

  • Tamil uprising by activists and students

    Tamil uprising by activists and students

  • LTTE is formed to start opposing the government and other shilanese

  • Official start to the Sri Lankan Genocide due to many big deaths due to both sides

  • First attempt at peace between the government and LTTE fail

  • President Premadasa was killed in a LTTE bombing, new president called for a talk of peace that ultimately failed

  • Government of Sri Lanka and LTTE sign a ceasefire mediated by the Norwegians fighting somewhat continues on a small scale while major natural disasters devastate the land

  • Government officially pulls out of the ceasefire agreement to fight on a full scale

  • peace treaty is officially designed and signed the Sri Lankan genocide is considered done, but transitions at end of the genocide are rocky

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