Mention any four steps which were taken by the Sri Lankan government to achieve majoritarianism. -SST 10th

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(i) In 1956, an Act was passed under which English was replaced as the country’s official language not by the Sinhala and Tamil but by the Sinhala only. (ii) The governments followed preferential policies that favoured the Sinhala applicants for university positions and government jobs. (iii) A new constitution stipulated that the state shall protect and foster Buddhism. (iv) Denial of citizenship to estate Tamils.

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