Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact (1957-1958)
A Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact (1957-1958) is a political agreement signed on July 26, 1957, by Prime Minister S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and Tamil Political Leader S. J. V. Chelvanayakam.
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- It can have been aimed to address Sri Lankan' Ethnic Tensions, by granting autonomy to some Sri Lankan Tamil dominated areas.
- It can have proposed the creation of regional councils in Sri Lanka to provide a degree of autonomy to the Sri Lankan Tamil People.
- It can have faced opposition from certain sections of the Sinhalese community and some Tamil politicians.
- It can have been abandoned by Prime Minister Bandaranaike in May 1958 (under pressure from Buddhist monks and later have led to the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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- See: Sri Lankan Civil War, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Tamil People, S. J. V. Chelvanayakam, Autonomy, Sri Lankan Tamil People, Sinhalese People.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam_Pact Retrieved:2023-12-28.
- The Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact was an agreement signed between the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and the leader of the main Tamil political party in Sri Lanka S. J. V. Chelvanayakam on July 26, 1957. It advocated the creation of a series of regional councils in Sri Lanka as a means to giving a certain level of autonomy to the Tamil people of the country, and was intended to solve the communal disagreements that were occurring in the country at the time.
The act was strongly opposed by certain sections of the Sinhalese (while a few Tamil politicians opposed it for not going far enough), and was eventually torn up by Prime Minister Bandaranaike in May 1958 due to the pressure of Buddhist monks. The abandonment of the pact led to tensions between the two communities, resulting in a series of outbreaks of ethnic violence in the country which eventually spiraled into the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War. Prime Minister Bandaranaike's later attempts to pass legislation similar to the agreement was met by strong opposition.
- The Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact was an agreement signed between the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike and the leader of the main Tamil political party in Sri Lanka S. J. V. Chelvanayakam on July 26, 1957. It advocated the creation of a series of regional councils in Sri Lanka as a means to giving a certain level of autonomy to the Tamil people of the country, and was intended to solve the communal disagreements that were occurring in the country at the time.