Posted on November 27, 2019
But the Sri Lankan government didn't want the nation to be split, so a civil war ensued. The Liberation Tigers was a militant political organization that started out like a guerrilla force but, as the years passed, became more and more developed, as if it were a conventional branch of armed forces with the backing of an entire nation.
Today is the anniversary of Lt. Shankar's death in 1982. Shankar was apparently the first Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) soldier to die in combat.
Who - What - Where is Tamil?
Tamil people speak Tamil and live in southern India and in northeastern Sri Lanka.
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| The Tamil people is a sub-group of the Dravidian peoples... |
Liberation Tigers?
For decades, the Tamils who lived in Sri Lanka had quarreled with the majority Sinhalese and the government, which created policies that repressed them as a people and a culture. For example, importing Tamil-language movies, magazines, and so forth from India was banned! Many Tamils became determined to pull away from Sri Lanka and become an independent nation called Tamil Eelam.
But the Sri Lankan government didn't want the nation to be split, so a civil war ensued. The Liberation Tigers was a militant political organization that started out like a guerrilla force but, as the years passed, became more and more developed, as if it were a conventional branch of armed forces with the backing of an entire nation.
The LLTE is known for using women and children and for, at one time, controlling 76% of the northeastern territories. However, the force is now inactive, and it is considered that it was defeated by the Sri Lankan military in 2009.
Civil war is always sad. Let's face it, war is always sad!
And repression of a people is sad, too. Hopefully things are getting brighter for the Tamil people of Sri Lanka. After all, look at their homeland:
Also on this date:
Birthday of artist Frederic Crowninshield
(Day before Thanksgiving in the U.S.)
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