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Sri Lankan Tamils launched parties and struggled for the recognition of Tamil as the official language.

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The above statement is true. Sri Lankan Tamils launched parties and struggled for the recognition of Tamil as the official language but all were ignored. The Sri Lankan government approved a law designating Sinhala as an official language in 1956. The state vowed to support and preserve Buddhism. The regimes implemented preferential hiring practices favouring Sinhala candidates for government and academic positions. The feeling of estrangement among Sri Lankan Tamils has worsened due to all these subsequent government actions. The Sri Lankan Tamils established political parties and began to fight for adopting Tamil as an official language for regional autonomy and equitable access to employment and educational opportunities. Their repeated requests for more freedom for the areas with larger Tamil populations were rejected.

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