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 died during the violence. The police and army were eventually able to bring the situation under control.
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- Massacre de Gal Oya (1956) (fr)
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| - 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 died during the violence. The police and army were eventually able to bring the situation under control. (en)
- Le massacre de Gal Oya, ou émeutes ceylanaise de 1956, ont été les premières émeutes ethniques visant la minorité tamoule dans l'est du Dominion de Ceylan. Ces émeutes ont commencé le 11 juin 1956 et duré cinq jours. Des colons de la majorité locale cingalaise et des employés du Gal Oya Development Board ont réquisitionné des véhicules gouvernementaux, de la dynamite et des armes et massacré des membres de la minorité tamoule. Le nombre de morts est estimé à plus de 150. La police, d'abord submergée par les émeutes, a réussi à contenir la population avec l'aide de l'armée. (fr)
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| - Location of Sri Lanka (en)
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| - Vast majority Sinhalese mobs, also Tamil mobs (en)
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| - Decapitation, burning, stabbing, arson, assault, looting (en)
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| - 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 died during the violence. The police and army were eventually able to bring the situation under control. (en)
- Le massacre de Gal Oya, ou émeutes ceylanaise de 1956, ont été les premières émeutes ethniques visant la minorité tamoule dans l'est du Dominion de Ceylan. Ces émeutes ont commencé le 11 juin 1956 et duré cinq jours. Des colons de la majorité locale cingalaise et des employés du Gal Oya Development Board ont réquisitionné des véhicules gouvernementaux, de la dynamite et des armes et massacré des membres de la minorité tamoule. Le nombre de morts est estimé à plus de 150. La police, d'abord submergée par les émeutes, a réussi à contenir la population avec l'aide de l'armée. (fr)
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