Identity area
Reference code
UTSC 014-S2-SS1-8-22
Title
[Language discrimination - postal services]
Date(s)
- 1963, 1964 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 file of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
(1898-1977)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File contains records regarding the postal services in Tamil and complaints against various postal departments across the country for failing to provide services in Tamil. Includes letters, telegraphs, copy of an identity card, and money order forms. Also includes a letter from Tamil residents of Eheliyagoda (with 133 signatures and their addresses) detailing language discrimination in postal services in their town.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Original folder number is 93
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- Tamil
- English
- Sinhala