The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_riots_in_Ceylon" id="mwATI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1958 riots in Ceylon">1958 riots in Ceylon</a> become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths are estimated at 300, mostly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamils" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tamils">Tamils</a>.