who are the tamil tigers in sri lanka?
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Tamil Tigers, byname of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), guerrilla organization that sought to establish an independent Tamil state, Eelam, in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE was established in 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran as the successor to an organization he had formed earlier in the 1970s.
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Belgium adopted power sharing and community govt policy, whle Sri Lanka adopted the policy of Majoritarionism. Belgium gave chances to all community, bt in Slanka only the majority ruled. Belgium sorted the problem efficiantly but in SrL the problem is growing day to day.
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 3. A lethal bomb explodes on an Air Lanka passenger jet at Colombo's airport leaving 21 dead and 41 injured. The finger of blame points to the Tamil Tigers. The first heart transplant in Britain is carried out at the National Heart Hospital in Marylebone, London.
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The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in September 1971 as an umbrella group for various loyalist groups and undertook an armed campaign of almost twenty four years as one of the participants of the Troubles.
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When Ceylon became the Republic of Sri Lanka on 2 March 1972, Gopallawa became the first President.
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Their religion (most are Hindu) and Tamil language set them apart from the four-fifths of Sri Lankans who are Sinhalese—members of a largely Buddhist, Sinhala-speaking ethnic group.
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The National Travel Health Network and Centre and WHO recommend the following vaccinations for Sri Lanka: hepatitis A, hepatitis B, typhoid, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, rabies, polio and tetanus. Recommended for most travellers to the region, especially if unvaccinated.
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Let's look at few of the key reasons why Sri Lankan Cricket is declining: Retirement of key players: The retirement of the legendary duo of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene has hit Sri Lankan cricket big time. ... Poor domestic structure: Sri Lanka has one of the worst domestic structures in the world.
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Founded in May 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran, the LTTE was involved in armed clashes against the Sri Lankan government and armed forces. Oppression against Sri Lankan Tamils continued by Sinhalese mobs, with the 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom and 1981 burning of the Jaffna Public Library taking place.
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Miss Sri Lanka crowned national winner to Miss Universe and also runners-up to Miss World, Miss International and Miss Asia Pacific International. In 1997 beauty pageant in Sri Lanka had separated and did not exist at Miss Universe until 2004 where Sri Lanka had no national franchise holder in that period.
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Sri Lankan Tamils (also called Ceylon Tamils) are descendants of the Tamils of the old Jaffna Kingdom and east coast chieftaincies called Vannimais. The Indian Tamils (or Hill Country Tamils) are descendants of bonded labourers sent from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka in the 19th century to work on tea plantations.
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['Bastila Shan.', 'Jolee Bindo.', 'T3-M4.', 'Mission Vao.', 'Zaalbar.']
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In the last three years, according to the military, the LTTE lost 18,000 cadres. Former Sri Lanka foreign secretary Bernard Goonetilleke traced the rebels' downfall to the Rajapaksa regime's realisation that it was impossible to negotiate with the LTTE.
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The Tamil Tigers were a strict militant organization that forbade drinking, smoking, intercourse, relationships, and demanded that all members sever ties with family and friends.
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Sri Lanka elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. Sri Lanka has a multi party system, with two dominant political parties. All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
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Electoral districts of Sri Lanka. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka provides for the election of members of Parliament from 22 multi-member electoral districts through the proportional representation electoral system. All but two of the electoral districts are conterminous with their namesake administrative district.
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The Separatists were the Good Guys. So the first thing you think of is "No, they were controlled by the sith and had secret sith agendas." Well the same can be said about the republic. ... Plus it's canon that many separatists joined the rebellion after the republic and them both fell out of power.