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Burning of Jaffna library : ウィキペディア英語版 | Burning of Jaffna library
The burning of the Jaffna library ((タミル語:யாழ் பொது நூலகம் எரிப்பு), ''Yāḻ potu nūlakam erippu'') was an important event in the Sri Lankan civil war. An organized mob of Sinhalese origin went on a rampage on the nights of May 31 to June 1, 1981, burning the Jaffna Public Library. It was one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm of the 20th century. At the time of its destruction, the library was one of the biggest in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fire at Kandy public library )〕〔Wilson, A.J. ''Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism: Its Origins and Development in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries'', p.125〕 ==Background== The library was built in many stages starting from 1933, from a modest beginning as a private collection. Soon, with the help of primarily local citizens, it became a full-fledged library. The library also became a repository of archival material written in palm leaf manuscripts, original copies of regionally important historic documents in the contested political history of Sri Lanka and newspapers that were published hundreds of years ago in the Jaffna peninsula. It thus became a place of historic and symbolic importance to all Sri Lankans.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of the Public Library )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The reconstruction of the Jaffna library by Dr. Jayantha Seneviratne )〕 Eventually the first major wing of the library was opened in 1959 by then Jaffna mayor Alfred Duraiappah. The architect of the Indo-Saracenic style building was S. Narasimhan from Madras, India. Prominent Indian librarian S.R. Ranganathan served as an advisor to ensure that the library was built to international standards. The library became the pride of the local people as even researchers from India and other countries began to use it for their research purposes.〔〔
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