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The '''Sirima–Gandhi Pact''' or '''Srimavo-Gandhi Pact''' was an agreement that was signed between [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]], the [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]], and [[Indira Gandhi]], the [[Prime Minister of India]], on 28 June 1974.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jwaHAwAAQBAJ&dq=Sirimavo-Gandhi+Pact&pg=PA46 | title=India-Sri Lanka Relations Strengthening SAARC | publisher=Allied Publishers | author=Sidda Goud, R | year=2013 | pages=356 | isbn=9788184248449}}</ref> It was a follow-up agreement of [[Sirima-Shastri Pact]] that left 150,000 [[Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka|people of Indian origin in Sri Lanka]] to future account. Sirima-Shastri Pact agreed to grant Ceylonese citizenship to 300,000 Indian population in [[Sri Lanka]] and 525,000 people repatriation to [[India]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/081026/FunDay/fundaytimes_2.html | title=Solution to a prolonged problem | work=The Sunday Times | date=26 October 2008 | accessdate=9 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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The pact is considered one of the good relationship factors between India and Sri Lanka since it contributed to solve the issues of stateless Indian origin people in Sri Lanka.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/node/1055 | title=Adding Substance to SAARC: India-Sri Lanka Experience | publisher=South Asia Analysis Group | date=13 November 2012 | accessdate=9 March 2015 | author=Hariharan, R}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_3OCQ3jDgsC&dq=Sirima-Gandhi+Pact&pg=PA328 | title=Economic Development and Social Change in Sri Lanka: A Spatial and Policy Analysis | publisher=Technical Publications | author=A. Groves, Paul | year=1996 | pages=377 | isbn=9788173041006}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Nehru-Kotelawala Pact]]<br />
* [[Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact]]<br />
* [[Ceylon Citizenship Act]]<br />
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