1979 in Sri Lanka

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1979
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Sri Lanka
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The following lists events that happened during 1979 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

Events

  • In 1979, Sri Lanka defeated India in the ICC world cup. They were the winners of the inaugural ICC Trophy, ahead of the cricket World Cup. [1]
  • Ethnic tensions and political unrest increase, as the Tamil minority realize their political party is having minimal success in the south.

Notes

a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9

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