The present Yahapalana regime is best qualified to resettle the Sinhalese in the Northern Province as it is the only Sri Lankan government that got the largest ever mandate from Tamils from North and East.
Since the end of war many attempts were made without successes by the previous administration to resettle Sinhalese who were ethnic cleansed from the Northern Province. This was due to intense protest made by Tamils themselves, NGOs and the Eelam supportive Western states who claimed that "the Sinhala racist Mahinda Rajapaksha was trying to colonize Tamil Homeland with Sinhalese to create a demographic imbalance". However, Muslims who were ethnic cleansed by the LTTE was allowed to resettle in the Jaffna peninsula and other parts of the province without a whimper of protest from the NGOs and the Eelam supportive Western states. In fact, the latter segments played a huge role in resettling the Muslims.
Though anti-Sinhalese Buddhists elements and Eelamists would chest-beat in protest based on a mythical Tamil Homeland and a fabricated history of Tamils in Sri Lanka, they are depriving the rights of inhabitation of the original inhabitants-Sinhalese Buddhists in the province. In this backdrop I feel it is pertinent to reproduce some posts of mine appeared back in 2010 to discussing the topic. The following is one of the posts in which I discussed the subject. More such posts follow.
More on Tamilinzed Sinhala names in Jaffna……
As a further elaboration to my previous post, the current post too deals with place names in Jaffna which originally had Sinhala names but has been Tamilinized later. These original Sinhala names were in use as late as Dutch period where they appear by the same names in the maps used by the Dutch colonial government.
Original Sinhala names Tamilinized names
Oorana Urani
Palyala Palali
Kottegampala Koddagapulam
Karadiva Karativ
Katuwana Kadduwan
Godigama Kodikamam
Kapudoova Kapputhoo
Vaslawatta Vatharavathai
Varan Yattala Varani Iyattalai
Mirivila Mirveli
Javakachcheriya Chavakachcheri
Kokilana Kuppilan
Navandara Navanturai
Sorowila Suruvil
Udupaella Oddupeli
Maavanpoluwa Maravanpulavu
Avusala Usan
Kudameeya Kudamian
Tambagama Tampakamam
Buthpura Buttur
Hirivila Siruvilan
Madurusala Munasal
Araella Arayali
Punnalakaduwa Punnalaikkaduwan
Itththavila Ittavil
Addaravaella Arukuveli
Punranna Poonaryn
Mavankulissa Maravankulissa
Sandilipe Sandilippai
Sankavaella Sankuveli
Thalapura Tolopuram
Athureliya Achchelu
Kumburukanniya Chempankundu
Deduwankotte Tadduwankodddai
Alapitiya Allaipiddi
Vasavila Vasavilan
Katuwana Kadduwan
Peduru Thuduwa Point Pedru
Kokkuvila Kokkuvil
Mandadiva Mandatiuv
Vaevunkaduva Veddukkadu
Neliya Neliyan
Batakotte Vaddukoddai
Vaelivaetithara Valivatithurai
Karanaeba Karanaval
Karavaedda Karaveddi
Dambakolathota Kankasanthurai
Colombathora Colombothurai
Urathota Kayts
Source: http://www.jaffnahistory.com/
Since the end of war many attempts were made without successes by the previous administration to resettle Sinhalese who were ethnic cleansed from the Northern Province. This was due to intense protest made by Tamils themselves, NGOs and the Eelam supportive Western states who claimed that "the Sinhala racist Mahinda Rajapaksha was trying to colonize Tamil Homeland with Sinhalese to create a demographic imbalance". However, Muslims who were ethnic cleansed by the LTTE was allowed to resettle in the Jaffna peninsula and other parts of the province without a whimper of protest from the NGOs and the Eelam supportive Western states. In fact, the latter segments played a huge role in resettling the Muslims.
Though anti-Sinhalese Buddhists elements and Eelamists would chest-beat in protest based on a mythical Tamil Homeland and a fabricated history of Tamils in Sri Lanka, they are depriving the rights of inhabitation of the original inhabitants-Sinhalese Buddhists in the province. In this backdrop I feel it is pertinent to reproduce some posts of mine appeared back in 2010 to discussing the topic. The following is one of the posts in which I discussed the subject. More such posts follow.
More on Tamilinzed Sinhala names in Jaffna……
As a further elaboration to my previous post, the current post too deals with place names in Jaffna which originally had Sinhala names but has been Tamilinized later. These original Sinhala names were in use as late as Dutch period where they appear by the same names in the maps used by the Dutch colonial government.
Original Sinhala names Tamilinized names
Oorana Urani
Palyala Palali
Kottegampala Koddagapulam
Karadiva Karativ
Katuwana Kadduwan
Godigama Kodikamam
Kapudoova Kapputhoo
Vaslawatta Vatharavathai
Varan Yattala Varani Iyattalai
Mirivila Mirveli
Javakachcheriya Chavakachcheri
Kokilana Kuppilan
Navandara Navanturai
Sorowila Suruvil
Udupaella Oddupeli
Maavanpoluwa Maravanpulavu
Avusala Usan
Kudameeya Kudamian
Tambagama Tampakamam
Buthpura Buttur
Hirivila Siruvilan
Madurusala Munasal
Araella Arayali
Punnalakaduwa Punnalaikkaduwan
Itththavila Ittavil
Addaravaella Arukuveli
Punranna Poonaryn
Mavankulissa Maravankulissa
Sandilipe Sandilippai
Sankavaella Sankuveli
Thalapura Tolopuram
Athureliya Achchelu
Kumburukanniya Chempankundu
Deduwankotte Tadduwankodddai
Alapitiya Allaipiddi
Vasavila Vasavilan
Katuwana Kadduwan
Peduru Thuduwa Point Pedru
Kokkuvila Kokkuvil
Mandadiva Mandatiuv
Vaevunkaduva Veddukkadu
Neliya Neliyan
Batakotte Vaddukoddai
Vaelivaetithara Valivatithurai
Karanaeba Karanaval
Karavaedda Karaveddi
Dambakolathota Kankasanthurai
Colombathora Colombothurai
Urathota Kayts
Source: http://www.jaffnahistory.com/
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