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 to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; Tamil: தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், romanized: Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, Sinhala: දෙමළ ඊලාම් විමුක්ති කොටි සංවිධානය, romanized: Demaḷa īlām vimukti koṭi saṁvidhānaya; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization, that …

The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north-east of the island, due to the continuous discrimination and violent persecution against Sri Lankan Tamils by the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lanka government.

Jun 1, 2024 · Members of the Tamil diaspora from across Europe gathered to remember Prabhakaran 15 years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, which pitted Sri Lankan government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists.

Aug 31, 2020 · The war was mainly a clash between the Sinhalese-dominated Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) insurgent group, the latter of which had hoped to establish a separate state for the Tamil minority.

Apr 28, 2009 · Formed in 1975, the group has vowed to carve out a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. The conflict between Sri Lanka’s government forces and armed Tamil rebels has raged for nearly 60 years....

May 20, 2009 · A profile of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist terrorist group that seeks an independent state in areas in Sri Lanka inhabited by ethnic Tamils.

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were a pro-Tamil, anti-Sinhalese separatist movement in Sri Lanka that has waged a war in fits and starts from 1983 to 2009 against the Sri Lankan government in an effort to create an independent homeland for the Tamils in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

5 days ago · Tamil Eelam is the name referring to the territory of Sri Lanka that the Tamil sovereignty movement regards as the national land of the Tamil people. The name literally means “Tamil Sri Lanka”, taking an ancient Tamil name (Eelam) to refer to the whole island (the present Tamil name for it is Ilankai).

During a thirty year period from 1957 to 1987, there were several agreements, pacts and proposals for the settlement of the conflict between the Tamil people and the Sinhala people in the island of Sri Lanka. This publication brings together the texts of Sri Lanka's broken pacts and evasive proposals.