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Transformation of the tea and plantation economy (1830s-1930s)

1824 - 1932

Sri Lankan Civil War and the rise of the LTTE (1976-2009)

1976 - 2011

S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike government and language reforms (1956-1959)

1956 - 1959

Republican constitution and the First Republic (1972-1978)

1970 - 1978

Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka (1505-1658)

1505 - 1658

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrections (1971 and 1987-1989)

1965 - 1989

Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) intervention in Sri Lanka (1987-1990)

1987 - 1990

End of the civil war and post-war reconstruction (2009-2015)

2009 - 2015

Economic liberalization and the 1977 UNP reforms (1977-1994)

1977 - 1994

Dutch colonial administration and coastal Ceylon (1658-1796)

1640 - 1796

Constitutional reform and the path to independence (1910s-1948)

1910 - 1948

Communal riots and anti-Tamil violence (1958-1983)

1956 - 1983

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