LankaWeb – Heroic Tamil Hindu resistance against forcible religious conversion by the European Christian powers in Jaffna

Senaka Weeraratna The heroic resistance of Tamil Hindus in Jaffna against European Christian proselytization evolved through distinct phases as the region passed from brutal coercion under the Portuguese and Dutch to institutional, systemic pressure under the British. Jaffna Hindus responded through subtle defiance, mass reversion, and ultimately, a powerful structural and cultural counter-revolt. [1, 2, […]