What was the basics of the civil war in sri lanka?

Answer 1

According Jonathan Spencer, a social anthropologist from the School of Social and Political Studies of the University of Edinburgh[1], the Sri Lankan Civil War is an outcome of how modern ethnic identities have been made and re-made since the colonial period, with the political struggle between minority Sri Lankan Tamils and the Sinhala-dominant government accompanied by rhetorical wars over archeological sites and place name etymologies, and the political use of the national past.[2][3]According Jonathan Spencer, a social anthropologist from the School of Social and Political Studies of the University of Edinburgh[1], the Sri Lankan Civil War is an outcome of how modern ethnic identities have been made and re-made since the colonial period, with the political struggle between minority Sri Lankan Tamils and the Sinhala-dominant government accompanied by rhetorical wars over archeological sites and place name etymologies, and the political use of the national past.[2][3]

Answer 2

A group calling themselves the 'Tamil Tigers' fought for 26 years to create an independent Tamil State in the north and east of the island. They were defeated by the Sri Lankan military in May 2009