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Reference FCO 37/1913
Department/Office Foreign Office
Title Tamil community in Sri Lanka
Date 1977
Collection Foreign Office Files for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan, 1972-1980
Region South Asia
Countries Sri Lanka
Places Bangladesh; Ceylon; Chennai (Madras); Colombo; Delhi; India; Jaffna; Kandy; London; Washington, DC
People Bandaranaike, Sirimavo; Bandaranaike, Solomon; Callaghan, James; Jayewardene, Junius Richard; Owen, David, Baron Owen; Shastri, Lal
Topics agriculture; army; banking; British Government; Christianity; coup d'état; education; elections; food; Hinduism; independence; Indian National Congress; Islam; judicial system; labour; language; massacre; migration; military; nationalism; navy; oil; parliament; partition; political parties; Raj; Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh; refugees; repatriation; riots and disturbances; roads; Royal Air Force; satyagraha (non-violent resistance); separatism; tariffs; trade; trade unions; United Nations; war
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