{"id":118101,"date":"2014-01-08T02:06:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-07T20:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=118101"},"modified":"2014-01-23T02:02:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T20:32:08","slug":"npc-chief-wigneswaran-wants-sri-lankas-history-rewritten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/npc-chief-wigneswaran-wants-sri-lankas-history-rewritten\/","title":{"rendered":"NPC Chief Wigneswaran Wants Sri Lanka\u2019s History Rewritten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Province Chief Minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=C.V.+Wigneswaran&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">C V Wigneswaran<\/span><\/a> has called for Sri Lanka\u2019s history to be rewritten, by a panel of Sri Lankan and foreign experts, to depict the country\u2019s past, impartially and honestly. He said that this would halt the distortion of history, that was provoking communal feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the inauguration, of the SOS Children\u2019s Village in Jaffna last Sunday 5<sup>th<\/sup> January, Wigneswaran said that Sinhalese Buddhist propagandists, were claiming that Sri Lanka was a Sinhalse Buddhist country, and therefore other communities must live according to how the majority community wished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/C-V-Wigneswaran-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-118102\" alt=\"C V Wigneswaran\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/C-V-Wigneswaran--300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/C-V-Wigneswaran--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/C-V-Wigneswaran-.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>He further pointed out, that these propagandists needed to be reminded, that the Tamils were always here, as the majority of the North and East of the country. He said that this was acknowledged in a letter to Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam, by illustrious personalities such as E A Samarawickrama, and Sir James Peiris, way back in 1919.<\/p>\n<p>He added that, these Sinhalese Buddhist propagandists were using, the 6<sup>th<\/sup> Century AD Pali Chronicle- the Mahawamsa, to create ill feeling against Tamils, by portraying them as aliens.<\/p>\n<p>Against this background, Wigneswaran referred to an article published in the Colombo Telegraph, titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mahavamsa-an-insult-to-the-buddha\/\">\u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mahawamsa- An insult to the Buddha<\/span>\u2019<\/a> by the Sinhalese journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sharmini+Serasinghe&amp;x=10&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sharmini Serasinghe<\/span><\/a>, saying it was an exceptional article that portrays the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Wigneswaran warned that, if the country\u2019s distorted history is continued to be taught in schools, trouble will inevitably ensue. 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