Tamils battle minority status in eastern Sri Lanka | The Federal

August 3, 2024 Pharaoh

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Tamils are the largest ethnic minority in Sri Lanka. They were traditionally in majority in both the northern and eastern provinces, which together make up eight districts. But over the decades, for more than one reason, the community’s population has become a third of the total in much of the eastern wing. Tamils are now a minority in both Trincomalee and Ampara districts, where Muslims now form the majority.

This is not an unknown fact. But for the first time, a Tamil political party, the Akhila Ilankai Tamil Mahasabha, has tabulated the country’s population with a focus on Tamils, all the way from 1881, when the census began, to 2012, when the last census was done. The data are an eyeopener.

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