Sirima–Shastri Pact

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The Sirima–Shastri Pact was a 1964 bilateral agreement between Sri Lanka and India that sought to resolve the citizenship status and repatriation of Indian-origin Tamils living in Sri Lanka.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral agreement
international treaty
alsoKnownAs Indo–Ceylon Agreement of 1964
Sirima–Shastri Agreement
appliesTo Indian-origin Tamils in Sri Lanka
countryInvolved India
Sri Lanka
dateSigned 1964
follows Nehru–Kotelawala talks on Indian Tamils in Ceylon
hasEffectOn stateless persons of Indian origin in Sri Lanka
historicalPeriod Cold War era
linked to: Cold War
jurisdiction Ceylon
linked to: Sri Lanka

Republic of India
linked to: India
languageOfWorkOrName English
namedAfter Lal Bahadur Shastri
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
purpose regulate repatriation of Indian-origin Tamils from Sri Lanka to India
resolve citizenship status of Indian-origin Tamils in Sri Lanka
region South Asia
relatedTo Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka
Indo–Sri Lankan relations
Sri Lankan Tamil population
linked to: Sri Lankan Tamils
signatory Government of India
Government of Sri Lanka
signedBy Lal Bahadur Shastri
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
signedUnderTitleOf Prime Minister of Ceylon
Prime Minister of India
topic citizenship
migration
repatriation

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Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka subjectOf Sirima–Shastri Pact
Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka subjectOf Sirima–Indira Pact
linked to: Sirima–Shastri Pact
India–Ceylon relations treaty Indo-Ceylon Agreement of 1964
linked to: Sirima–Shastri Pact
Sirima–Shastri Pact alsoKnownAs Sirima–Shastri Agreement
linked to: Sirima–Shastri Pact
Sirima–Shastri Pact alsoKnownAs Indo–Ceylon Agreement of 1964
linked to: Sirima–Shastri Pact
Up-country Tamils repatriationAgreements Sirima–Shastri Pact
subject linked to: up-country Tamils
Up-country Tamils repatriationAgreements Sirima–Indira Pact
subject linked to: up-country Tamils
linked to: Sirima–Shastri Pact