SRI LANKA — TIMELINE

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Settlement of Sri Lanka

Colonial Era (1505–1948)

Independence and a Young State (1948-1983)

The Conflict Begins (1983)

A Fragile Ceasefire (2002-2006)

War Rages to the End (2006-May 2009)

A Tentative Peace (May 2009-present)

(preliminary research by Logan Dumaine)

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2009 displacement in the Vanni region

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