Hartal
Hartal Hartal is an Indian term for strike action ... hartals', thereby institutionalised it. In Bangladesh, a hartal is a constitutionally recognised political method for ... used to refer specifically to the 1953 hartal of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Hartals are ... and eastern Sri Lanka nowadays. The word hartal in India is also used in ...
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Hartal 1953
Hartal 1953 Politics - Politics portal Sri Lanka This ... Independence struggle Ethnic conflict Foreign relations edit Hartal 1953 was a demonstration of the tremendous ... power of the masses in action. The hartal occurred on 12 August 1953 and demonstrated ... The 1971 Ceylonese Insurrection, Fred Halliday ) 1953 Hartal The events of 12 August constitute, not ... of the people participate in the protest-hartal in one form or another; saw ...
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Lanka Sama Samaja Party
... Leagues Suriya-Mal Movement Bracegirlde Incident 1953 Hartal Personalities Philip Gunawardena Pieter Keuneman Anil Moonesinghe ... its ally, the CIC, which went unrepresented. Hartal and after In 1953 the LSSP took the lead in organising the Hartal. The immediate cause for the Hartal was a hike in the price of ... rail ticket fares and postal fees. A hartal is a form of general strike, ...
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All Ceylon United Motor Workers' Union
... came over to the Motor Workers Union. Hartal On the eve of the Hartal 1953, on 11th August 1953, the South ... 4th November 2005. Colvin R. de Silva, Hartal! accessed 4th November 2005.
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Talk:Bandh
... the difference between a bandh and a hartal? Could someone please go through and define ... Indian-English protest terms such as bandh, hartal, dharna, gherao, so as to draw attention ... bandh, etc. Well, at least Bandh and Hartal mean the same thing. "Gherao" can be ...
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Ceylon Federation of Labour
... It was the prime mover in the hartal of 1953. Affiliated unions All Ceylon Commercial ... 4th November 2005. Colvin R. de Silva, Hartal! accessed 4th November 2005. James Jupp, Sri ...
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Colvin R. de Silva
... Leagues Suriya-Mal Movement Bracegirlde Incident 1953 Hartal Personalities Philip Gunawardena Pieter Keuneman Anil Moonesinghe ... Dr. Colvin R. de Silva: undying legend Hartal!, article by de Silva from 1953
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Rowlatt Act
... was fruitless so on April 6th, a "hartal" was organised where Indians would suspend all ... their hatred for this legislation. However, the hartal in Delhi was overshadowed by tensions running ...
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Malayan and British North Bornean dollar
... This led to a general strike, or hartal, and riots in Penang. The symbol of ...
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Salagama
... areas were at the forefront of the Hartal of 1953. Sub-castes Traditionally, the Salagama ...
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