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1958 riots in Ceylon

pogrom targetting the Tamil minority in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka)

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Sri Lankan civil war

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1958 in Ceylon 1958 mass murders 1958 riots 20th-century mass murders in Sri Lanka Anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka June 1958 in Asia Massacres of Sri Lankan Tamils May 1958 in Asia Origins of the Sri Lankan civil war Sri Lankan Tamil politics

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1977 riots in Sri Lanka

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1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt

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