Original sentence: However, the British Governor William Manning actively encouraged the concept of "communal representation" and created the reformed legislative council.In the first election to the reformed legislative council (1921) had returned 13 sinhalese and three Tamils, as opposed to equality in the eariler council based on direct appointment by the governor.. Subsequently, the Donoughmore Commission strongly rejected communal representation, and brought in universal franchise in 1931.There was initially little tension amongst Sri Lanka's two largest ethnic groups, the Sinhalese and the Tamils, when Ponnambalam Arunachalam, a Tamil, was appointed representative of the Sinhalese as well the Tamils in the national legislative council called the Ceylon National Congress
Edited sentence: However, the British Governor William Manning actively encouraged the concept of "communal representation" and created the Colombo seat which was dangled between the Tamils and the Sinhalese.Subsequently, the Donoughmore Commission strongly rejected communal representation, and brought in universal franchise in 1931.There was initially little tension amongst Sri Lanka's two largest ethnic groups, the Sinhalese and the Tamils, when Ponnambalam Arunachalam, a Tamil, was appointed representative of the Sinhalese as well the Tamils in the national legislative council