5. Belgium
Belgium is a small country
in Europe which has
borders with France,
Netherlands, Germany
and Luxembourg.
It is Smaller than Haryana.
Population-1 crore
Capital-Brussels.
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7.
8. • 59% speak Dutch
and live in the
Flemish region.
• 40% speak French and
live in the Walloon
Region
• 1% speak German
and live in the
Walloon Region
• In Brussels region
both French and
Dutch is spoken
12. •The minority French were rich and powerful
•The majority Dutch got the benefit of economic
development and education much later.
•This created tensions between the Dutch-speaking
and French-speaking communities
during the 1950s and 1960s.
•Dutch-speaking people was
majority in the country, but minority
in the capital.
13. Between 1970 and 1993 the constitution was amended
four times to accommodate social and cultural
diversities.
This was done by sharing power as follows.
There shall be equal representation from both
communities in the central council of ministers
The majority Dutch accepted this arrangement
because they were minority in the capital
14. Some special laws require the support of majority from both
the communities
Many powers of the Central Government have been
transferred to State Governments and the State Governments
are not subordinate to the Central Govt.
There is third form of Govt. called ‘Community Govt.’
Brussels has a separate Govt. with equal representation from
both the communities.
The majority French in Brussels accepted equal
representation in Brussels because the majority Dutch
accepted equal representation in the central government.
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16.
17. •Sri Lanka is an
island nation, just a few
kilometres off
the southern coast of
Tamil Nadu.
•Size -About the same
as Haryana
•Population-2crore
•Capital-Kotte
18. • Sinhala Speakers:
74%. They are
mostly Buddhists
• Tamils Speakers:
26%. They are
Hindus Christians
and Muslims
19.
20. Indian Tamils
• They migrated to Sri Lanka as Plantation
workers during the British Rule
Sri Lankan
Tamils
• Tamil Natives
7% of the
Population
• Consists Christians who speak both
Sinhala and Tamil
1% of
population
• Consists of Muslims
22. •Dominance of Sinhalese community due to majority.
• 1956 Act made Sinhala as the only official language.
•Preferential policies favouring Sinhalese in university
position and jobs.
•Buddhism was made national religion.
23. •The Tamils felt isolated
•None of the Political parties ever
considered their needs.
•Launched political parties and
struggled for recognizing Tamil
as an official language
•Demanded autonomy Equal
opportunity in education and
jobs
•Political organization was
formed demanding an
independent TAMIL EELA Min
North & East Sri Lanka
24. • Civil war thus broke out
between the Tamils and
the Sinhala on 23 July
1983
•Thousands of people on
both the sides were killed.
•All these created more
and more problems.
25. Belgium SriLanka
They adopted a policy of
power sharing.
They gave equal powers to
all communities.. minor or
major doesn’t matter.
.It solved the problem.
They adopted a policy of
Majoritarionism.
They gave preferences to
the majority Sinhala group
alone, disregarding the
minority.
It only increased the
problem.