Author: atita
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Ministerial Visits to the North and East in June 1957 – Part III: Jaffna
June 9, 1957: Junior Minister of Labour, Housing, and Social Services M. P. de Zoysa is blocked by youths at Jaffna as he attempts to attend a Minority Tamil conference.
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Ministerial Visits to the North and East in June 1957 – Part II: Kalmunai
June 6, 1957: Education Minister Wijayananda Dahanayake is mobbed by Tamil demonstrators as he visits Sinhalese and Muslims at Kalmunai.
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Ministerial Visits to the North and East in June 1957 – Part I: Mannar
June 1, 1957: A ministerial visit to Mannar turns violent when Federal Party demonstrators arrive.
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Mannar Police Station Shooting
May 1, 1957: A man is fatally shot at the Mannar police station following a clash between a crowd and police.
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Bogawantalawa Riot
April 2-4, 1958: A police firing on Malaiyaha Tamil labourers at Bogawantalawa results in a riot against Sinhalese.