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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:ethnic_group
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Indian_Tamils_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Up-country_Tamils
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gptkbp:broughtToSriLankaBy
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British colonialists
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gptkbp:citizenship
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1980s
faced statelessness after Sri Lankan independence
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gptkbp:diaspora
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gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:India
gptkb:United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:festival
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gptkb:Deepavali
gptkb:Thai_Pongal
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Hill Country Tamil
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gptkbp:influenced
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influenced by Sinhala and English
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Sri_Lanka
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gptkbp:mainLanguage
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gptkb:Tamil
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:Kandy
gptkb:Badulla
gptkb:Matale
gptkb:Nuwara_Eliya
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gptkbp:occupation
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plantation workers
tea estate workers
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gptkbp:origin
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descendants of Indian Tamils brought by British colonialists
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gptkbp:parliamentary_representation
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gptkb:Ceylon_Workers'_Congress
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gptkbp:population
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approximately 1 million
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gptkbp:relatedEthnicGroup
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gptkb:Indian_Tamils
gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Tamils
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
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gptkbp:settledIn
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gptkb:Central_Highlands_of_Sri_Lanka
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Malayaga_Tamilar
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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