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