1956 anti-Tamil pogrom
The 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom, also known as the Gal Oya riots, was the first organised pogrom against Sri Lankan Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon. It began with anti-Tamil rioting in Colombo, followed by anti-Sinhalese rioting in Batticaloa. The worst of the violence took place in the Gal Oya valley, where local majority Sinhalese colonists and employees of the Gal Oya Development Board commandeered government vehicles, dynamite and weapons and massacred minority Tamils. It is estimated that over 150 people lost their lives during the violence. The police and army were eventually able to bring the situation under control.
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1956 anti-Tamil pogrom
The 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom, also known as the Gal Oya riots, was the first organised pogrom against Sri Lankan Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon. It began with anti-Tamil rioting in Colombo, followed by anti-Sinhalese rioting in Batticaloa. The worst of the violence took place in the Gal Oya valley, where local majority Sinhalese colonists and employees of the Gal Oya Development Board commandeered government vehicles, dynamite and weapons and massacred minority Tamils. It is estimated that over 150 people lost their lives during the violence. The police and army were eventually able to bring the situation under control.
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Le massacre de Gal Oya, ou éme ...... lation avec l'aide de l'armée.
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The 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom, al ...... g the situation under control.
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Vast majority Sinhalese mobs, also Tamil mobs
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Majority Tamil civilians in Colombo and Gal Oya, also Sinhalese civilians in Batticaloa
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Decapitation, burning, stabbing, arson, assault, looting
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Knives, sticks, fire
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Le massacre de Gal Oya, ou éme ...... lation avec l'aide de l'armée.
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The 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom, al ...... g the situation under control.
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1956 anti-Tamil pogrom
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Massacre de Gal Oya (1956)
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