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1958 anti-Tamil pogrom

1958 anti-Tamil pogrom — pogrom targetting the Tamil minority in Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka).

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Sri Lanka
📅 Jun 1958
☠ 158 deaths
🌐 3 language editions
📈 81.6/100 popularity
Genocide & ethnic violence

Short descriptions

fr pogrom contre la minorité tamoule à Ceylan machine-translated
pt pogrom contra a minoria tâmil no Ceilão (atual Sri Lanka) machine-translated
pl wydarzenia na Cejlonie wymierzone w Tamilów

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