Question

What is a Civil War? Explain with context to Sri Lanka

Answer 1

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Civil war is a war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or the citizens of a single republic.
The Civil war that took place between two different groups Sinhalese and Tamils were due to a set of reasons which are as under:

• Tamils were discriminated in all walks of life be it a religion; employment or education.
• The Sinhala spoken by the majority was considered official and the second major language Tamil was overlooked.
• There was state support to promote and foster Buddhism that created a sense of mistrust among the Tamils who have almost faced discrimination in other sectors too. The growing discontent among the Tamils gave birth to a sense of alienation in them which pushed the country into a civil war.

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