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* 1977 – The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power.
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His hanging, on 2 December 1977 was followed by three days of riots.
After the 1977 riots, the J. R. Jayewardene government made one concession to the Tamil population ; it lifted the policy of standardization for university admission that had driven many Tamil youths into militancy.
* The novel The Mercenary ( 1977 ) by Jerry Pournelle is inspired by the riots, recreating the events in the setting of a future colonial world.
The 1976 All Blacks tour of South Africa went ahead, and the Springboks won by three Tests to one, but coming shortly after the Soweto riots the tour attracted international condemnation and 28 countries boycotted the 1976 Summer Olympics in protest, and the next year, in 1977, the Commonwealth signed the Gleneagles Agreement, which discouraged any sporting contact with South Africa.
In 1977, Infitah policies led to massive spontaneous riots (' Bread Riots ') involving hundreds of thousands of Egyptians when the state announced that it was retiring subsidies on basic foodstuffs.
Since Merdeka, four emergencies have been proclaimed, in 1964 ( a nationwide emergency due to the Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation ), 1966 ( Sarawak only, due to the Stephen Kalong Ningkan political crisis ), 1969 ( nationwide emergency due to the May 13 riots ) and 1977 ( Kelantan only, due to a state political crisis ).
He also chaired inquiries into the Northern Ireland riots of August 1969 ( 1969 – 1972 ), the Red Lion Square disorders ( 1975 ) and the Grunwick dispute ( 1977 ).
Unlike later radical Islamists, Shukri did not engage in jihad but called for separation from society as part of his belief that true Muslims were in a " phase of weakness " ( istid ' af ) armed jihad would have to wait until they had achieved strength vis-avis the authorities ( although the group did reportedly participate in the 1977 food riots.
During this time CL acquired a reputation as an integralist organization and was the target of violence, culminating in 120 attacks on persons and CL offices in 1977, during leftist students riots.
After the 1977 blackout, which was accompanied by riots and looting in Bushwick, Ridgewood and Glendale disassociated themselves from Bushwick.
In response to the 1977 bread riots, Sadat said that people should " understand that democracy has its own teeth.
At the " First Rider Open Air " in 1977, fans caused damage of more than a million marks when riots broke out, because only five of the announced 23 bands could perform — a huge scandal was uncovered few days later, forcing the organizing management to discontinue their festivals in Scheeßel.
In summer of 1977, marches in Ladywood and Lewisham had been marred by riots.
In 1977, negative public reaction to infitah policies led to massive spontaneous riots involving hundreds of thousands of Egyptians when the state announced that it was retiring subsidies on basic foodstuffs.
( leading to huge riots in January 1977 ), these groups gained
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* 1977 – Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer
Sri Lanka has a multi-party democracy that enjoys surprising stability given the high levels of political violence, especially that which occurred under the UNP regime of 1977 – 1993.
Sri Lanka began to shift away from a socialist orientation in 1977.
* February 13 – Seneka Bibile, Sri Lankan pharmacologist ( d. 1977 )
Following the sweeping electoral victory of the United National Party ( UNP ) in July 1977, the TULF became the leading opposition party, with around one sixth of the total electoral vote winning on a party platform of secession from Sri Lanka.
He also starred as the villain Zalam Singh in the religious Punjabi film Sat Sri Akal ( 1977 ).
In the first general election contested by the TULF, the 21 July 1977 election in which the UNP won by a landslide, the TULF won 6. 40 % of the popular vote and 18 out of 168 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament, including all 14 seats in the Northern Province.
Australia won 4 – 0, its first victory in a Test series abroad since 1977 ( apart from a one-off Test in Sri Lanka ) and Australia's best result in England since The Invincibles tour of 1948.
* Bell UH-1N Twin Huey — 3 × UH-1Ns ( military version of the Bell 212 Twin Huey ) delivered in 1977, all retired in 1985 and sold to Sri Lanka Air Force.
Later he studied law at the Sri Lanka Law College and took oaths as an attorney-at-law in November 1977.
He also starred in a series of Punjabi religious movies in the 1970s: Man Jeete Jag Jeet ( 1973 ), Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam ( 1974 ), and Sat Sri Akal ( 1977 ).
* Sat Sri Akal ( 1977 )
Before taking over the newly created executive presidency, he served as the Prime minister of Sri Lanka between 1977 and 1978.
** Editions: Doubleday, 1962 ( original ); Anchor, 1964 ; Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1977, ISBN 81-7120-145-8 ; Vedanta Press, 1979, ISBN 0-87481-035-3 ; Vedanta Press, 1980 ; Cosmos, 2003, ISBN 81-7755-746-7 ;
Kumar Chokshanada Sangakkara () ( born 27 October 1977 ) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.
Kumar Sangakkara was born to Kumari Surangana and Swarnakumara Sangakkara, an attorney-at-law at Matale, Sri Lanka in 1977.
* General D. S. Attygalle MVO, CLI-Former Commander of the Sri Lankan Army ( 1967 – 1977 )
After a brief sojourn in Sri Lanka, Greig's team arrived in Australia in March 1977 to prepare for a unique moment in the game's history.
In 1977, the island was adopted by a group called the Peace Meditation at the United Nations, employees at United Nations Headquarters and followers of the guru Sri Chinmoy, who served as the interfaith chaplain there.
The Sri Mandir in Auburn is Australia's oldest Hindu temple, having opened in 1977.
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