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how is the In dian federal system different from that of sri lanka? explain by giving three examples ( majoritarianism, Language, Religion.)

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Sri Lanka continues to be,for all practical purposes, a unitary system where the national government has all the powers. Tamil leaders want Sri Lanka to become a federal system. Our Constitution did not give the status of national language to any one language but Sri Lanka had given Sinhalese the official status.

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