February 20th 1961 is a very important date in the history of the Sri Lankan Tamil political struggle to regain lost rights . It was on this day, fifty years ago that the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) known in English as the Federal Party (FP) led by SJV Chelvanayakam commenced a non–violent direct action campaign against the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Government headed by the world’s first woman Prime minister Sirima Bandaranaike. (The Daily Mirror)
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