Sinhala Only policy

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The Sinhala Only policy was a controversial 1956 language law in Sri Lanka that made Sinhala the sole official language, marginalizing Tamil speakers and intensifying ethnic tensions that contributed to decades of conflict.


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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
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