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- 1958_riots_in_Ceylon comment "1958 riots in Ceylon also known as 58 riots was first island wide ethnic riots that targeted the minority Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon after it became an independent country from Britain in 1948. The riots lasted from 22 May until 27 May 1958 although sporadic disturbances happened even after the declaration of emergency on 1 June 1958. The event is generally termed as an ethnic riot, but in some geographic locations in its scale of its destruction, it was a pogrom.".