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Sri Lankan Tamil politics
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The list Sri Lankan Tamil politics includes
Vaithilingam Sornalingam, Sri Lankan Civil War, TamilNet, Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism and 1956 Ceylonese riots.
The list consists of 11 members
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1956 Ceylonese riots
First major Sinhalese-Tamil clash in CeylonOverview: The 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom, also known as the Gal Oya riots, was the first organised pogrom against Sri Lankan Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon. It began with anti-Tamil rioting in Colombo, followed by ...
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Sri Lankan Civil War
1983–2009 civil war between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil separatists
Overview: The Sri Lankan civil war (Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr; Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya) was a civil war fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. ... 0
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Tamil People's Council
OrganizationOverview: Tamil People's Council, formed in Jaffna on 12 December 2015, is a thirty-member council consisting of academics, religious leaders, members from the Civil society and political parties. It has been formed ... 0
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Vaithilingam Sornalingam
Sri Lanakan rebelOverview: Vaithilingam Sornalingam (September 1949 – 26 September 2001; Tamil: வைத்தியலிங்கம் சொர்ணலிங்கம், alternative spellings include Vythilingam Sornalingam; often referred to by his nom de guerre Colonel ... 0
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TamilNet
Online newspaper covering Sri LankaOverview: TamilNet is an online newspaper that provides news and feature articles on current affairs in Sri Lanka, specifically related to the erstwhile Sri Lankan Civil War. The website was formed by members of ... 0
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1977 anti-Tamil pogrom
Second islandwide Sinhalese-Tamil clash in Sri LankaOverview: The 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom in Sri Lanka followed the 1977 general elections in Sri Lanka where the Sri Lankan Tamil nationalistic Tamil United Liberation Front won a plurality of minority Sri Lankan Tamil ... 0
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1958 anti-Tamil pogrom
First islandwide Sinhalese-Tamil riots in Ceylon.Overview: The 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom and riots in Ceylon, also known as the 58 riots, refer to the first island-wide ethnic riots and pogrom to target the minority Tamils in the Dominion of Ceylon after it became ... 0
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Tamil Eelam
Proposed independent state in Sri Lanka
Overview: Tamil Eelam (Tamil: தமிழீழம், tamiḻ īḻam; generally rendered outside Tamil-speaking areas as தமிழ் ஈழம்) is a proposed independent state that many Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Eelam Tamil diaspora aspire ... 0
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Tamil Genocide
1956–2009 genocide against Tamils in Sri Lanka
Overview: The Tamil genocide refers to the framing of various systematic acts of physical violence and cultural destruction committed against the Tamil population in Sri Lanka during the Sinhala–Tamil ethnic conflict ... 0
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Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism
ideology of Sri Lankan Tamil peopleOverview: Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism is the conviction of the Sri Lankan Tamil people, a minority ethnic group in the South Asian island country of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), that they have the right ... 0
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Jaffna Youth Congress
which was the first of Sri Lanka's Youth LeaguesOverview: The Jaffna Youth Congress, was the first of Sri Lanka's Youth Leagues. It was influenced by the Indian Independence Movement, was secular and committed to Poorana Swaraj (Complete Self-Rule), national ... 0
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