Ethnic Relations of Sri Lanka between Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims (1983-2015)

This is an events dataset, decisions undertaken or verbal and physical actions and reactions of the three ethnic groups in Sri Lanka - Sinhalese, Muslim, and Tamils (performed by the political elite, statesmen, rebels,s or any other politically significant individuals or leaders affiliated with those groups) directed toward the other, or their external environments. These dataset has been created mainly from several public sources such as news websites (BBC and some other local news sources in Sri Lanka), chronologies prepared by the Minorities at Risk (MAR) project and South Asian Terrorism Portal. MAR and South Asian Terrorism Portal are the most primary sources of data for this study and other public news sources are used either to fill the gaps or for verification purposes. However, relying on multiple sources reduces the risk of selection bias of events while increasing the accuracy and reliability.