CIVIL WAR IN SRI LANKA

CIVIL WAR OF SRI LANKA AND RAJIV GANDHI ASSASINATION

The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on 23 July 1983, there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam  (the LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers), an Independent militant organisation which fought to create an Independent Tamils state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island.

                                                    Flag of the militant group LTTE.

                                          Leader of the LTTE  

Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran also known as anna .He  was the founder and leader of the  (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers).

Origins of the Sri Lankan civil war

Since 1948 when Sri Lanka became independent, successive governments have adopted policies that had the effect of net preference to the majority Sinhalse at the expense of the minoritySri lanka Tamils The governments adopted these policies in order to assist the Sinhalese community in such areas as education and public employment. But these policies severely curtailed the middle class Tamil youth, who found it more difficult during the 1970s and 1980s to enter a university or secure employment. These individuals belonging to this younger generation, often referred to by other Tamils as "the boys" formed many militant organizations. The most important contributor to the strength of the militant groups was theBlack July pogrom which was perceived have been an organized event in which over 1000 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians were killed prompting many youth to prefer the armed path of resistance.

 

            YOUNG TAMIL BOYS ATTRACTED TOWARDS LTTE

The only demand of ltte was to get full control over North East Sri-lanka.

               ROLE OF INDIA IN CIVIL WAR  OF SRI LANKA

                     (INDIAN PEACE KEEPING FORCE)

The Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War was the deployment of the Indian peace keeping Force in Sri Lanka intended to perform a peace keeping role. The deployment followed the Indo Sri Lnka Accord between India and Sri Lanka of 1987 which was intended to end the Sri Lankan Cicil War between millitant Sri lankan Tamil nationalists principally the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam  (LTTE), and the sri lanka military

The original intention was the Indian Peace Keeping Force would not be involved in large scale military operations. However, after a few months, the Indian Peace Keeping Force engaged the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in a series of battles. During the two years in which it was deployed, the IPKF fought numerous battles against the LTTE. The IPKF began withdrawing in 1989, and completed the withdrawal in 1990.

                        IPKF TAKING PART IN SRI-LANKA CIVIL WAR

                                     RAJIV GANDHI ASSASINATION.

The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi took place on 21 May 1991 in Tamilnadu near Chennai.The Supreme Court judgement, by Judge Thomas, confirmed that the killing was carried out due to personal animosity of the LTTE chief Prabhakaran towards Gandhi arising out of his sending the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka and the alleged IPKF atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils.

 After investigation by a special team formed by the supreme court of india  a death punishment was given to the 7 people.

RAJIV GANDHI FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA.

 A BEAUTIFUL QUOTES BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN :-A HOUSE DEVIDED AGAINST ITSELF AGAINST CANNOT STAND.

INFORMATION TAKEN FROM :- WIKIPEDIA,WWW.BBC.COM,WWW.CHANNEL4.COM.