who are the tamil tigers of 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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Description: Founded in 1976 and designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization on October 8, 1997, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a Tamil secessionist group in Sri Lanka.
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['Jewellery and gems. Sri Lanka is famous for its sapphires and moonstones. ... ', 'Handwoven items. Handloom is a traditional artisanal tool that has been used by women since ancient times in Sri Lanka. ... ', 'Moonstone carvings. ... ', 'Buddha and elephant figurines. ... ', 'Tea. ... ', 'Spices. ... ', 'Books by Sri Lankan authors. ... ', 'Ayurvedic beauty products.']
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Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, island country lying in the Indian Ocean and separated from peninsular India by the Palk Strait.
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While open warfare is long over in Sri Lanka, Mr Mylvaganam said the persecution and discrimination of Tamils continues. And he said that "there have been many cases of Tamils being tortured on their return", although the Sri Lankan government has denied this. "Sri Lanka is not safe for Tamils.
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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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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) - Proscribed March 2001 The LTTE is a terrorist group fighting for a separate Tamil state in the North and East of Sri Lanka. ... The group is not related to Ansar al-Sharia groups in other countries.
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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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Kulappu Arachchige Don Dhammika Perera, known commonly as Dhammika Perera (born 1967) is a Sri Lankan businessman and was regarded as the richest person in Sri Lanka for many years. He owns nearly 23 companies and regarded as a pioneer of Sri Lankan economic growth after the end of Sri Lankan Civil War.
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Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played; Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the bombing of Central Bank in Colombo by the Tamil Tigers in January 1996.
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The Naxalite–Maoist insurgency is an ongoing conflict between Maoist groups known as Naxalites or Naxals, and the Indian government. The insurgency started after the 2004 formation of the CPI-Maoists – a rebel group consisting of the PWG (People's War Group) and the MCC (Maoist Communist Centre).
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The Dravidian-speaking peoples are mostly of Caucasoid descent-from the Mediterranean branch, to be specific. There is some Australoid admixture among people like the Tamils due to intermarriage with local tribals but ultimatley, the Dravidians are mostly Caucasoid.
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The flag of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජාතික කොඩිය, romanized: Śrī Laṃkāvē jāthika kodiya; Tamil: இலங்கையின் தேசியக்கொடி, romanized: Ilankaiyin teciyakkoṭi), also called the Lion Flag or Sinha Flag, consists of a gold lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore-paw in a maroon background with four gold bo ...
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The Financial Crimes Investigation Division (Sinhalese: මූල්‍ය අපරාධ විමර්ශන අංශය; Tamil: நிதி குற்றம் புலனாய்வு பிரிவு; known as FCID) is the law enforcement agency of the Sri Lankan government.
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Tigers are considered funcionally extinct in Vietnam and Laos. There may be a handful of tigers in the evergreen forests of the Northern Annamites in Laos and Vietnam, and the Dry Forests/Central Annamites landscape in Southern Laos and Central Vietnam.
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The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for any of the Home Nations – the national teams of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. The Lions are a Test side and generally select international players, but they can pick uncapped players available to any one of the four unions.
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They remained in the country only a short time before returning to India. The LDS Church's next official contact with Sri Lanka was in August 1975, when two missionaries en route home from the church's Singapore Mission were assigned to stop in Sri Lanka to explore the prospects for initiating missionary work.