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Around 27,000 LTTE cadres, 28,708 Sri Lankan military personnel, [26] 1000+ Sri Lankan police, 1,165 Indian soldiers were said to have died in the conflict. Another 5,000 Sri Lankan military members went missing in action. [27] In 2008, the LTTE revealed that "22,390 fighters who have lost their lives in the armed struggle since 27 November ...
The origins of the Sri Lankan civil war lie in the continuous political rancor between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils. [67] The roots of the modern conflict extend back to the colonial era, when the country was known as Ceylon. The British colonial period lasted from 1815 to 1948, during which the British sought monetary gain ...
The origins of the Sri Lankan Civil War lie in the continuous political rancor between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Sri Lankan Tamils.The war has been described by social anthropologist Jonathan Spencer as an outcome of how modern ethnic identities have been made and re-made since the colonial period, with the political struggle between minority Tamils and the Sinhalese-dominant ...
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Sri Lanka and allies Opponents Results Sri Lankan commanders Sri Lankan losses; Head(s) of Government Defense Minister(s) SL forces Civilians; Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009) Sri Lanka India (1987–1990) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Following the deadly violence against Tamils during the Black July pogrom, that resulted in 3000 deaths of Tamil civilians and widespread migration of tens of thousands out of the country, the Sri Lankan government began to engage in a full-scale war against several of Tamil militant groups who had taken up arms to liberate or acquire greater autonomy in the country's north and east ...
Pages in category "People killed during the Sri Lankan civil war" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
These measures, and a series of riots and pogroms starting from 1958 that targeted Sri Lankan Tamils and the resultant mass murder, displacements and refugees, led to the formation of rebel groups advocating independence for Sri Lankan Tamils. After the 1983 Black July pogrom, full-scale civil war erupted between the government and the rebel ...