Class 10 Social Science - Democratic Politics
Chapter 1 - Power Sharing
Sabse haseen chapters mein se ek , Power Sharing hai yaar , it consists of 4 Major Topics
1- Belgium And Sri Lanka
2- Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka
3- Accommodation in Belgium
4- Forms of Power Sharing
And Let's start with the first topic-
1- Belgium and Sri Lanka:-
About Belgium
- Belgium has borders with Netherlands, France and Germany.
- 59 per cent lives in Flemish region and speaks Dutch language.
- 40 per cent lives in Wallonia region and speak French language.
- 1 per cent of the Belgians speak German.
- The capital is Brussels
- In the capital, 80 per cent are French speakers while 20 per cent are Dutch speakers.
Problem
- In Capital city Brussels, Dutch-speaking people constituted a majority, but minority in the capital.
- The minority French-speaking community was relatively rich and powerful as Dutch-speaking community got the benefit of economic development and education much later.
- this led to tensions between Ducth-speaking and French-speaking communities during 1950s and 1960s.
About Sri Lanka
- The major social groups are Sinhala-speakers (74%) and Tamil-speakers (18%)
- Two sub-groups of Tamils were - Tamil natives of the country ( Sri Lankan Tamils- 13 %) and whose forefathers came to India as plantation workers during colonial period (Indian Tamils)
- Most Sinhala-speaking are Buddhist.
- Most Tamils are Hindus or Muslims.
2- Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka
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