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Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (born 1954)
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Velupillai Prabhakaran
Leader of militant Tamil organisation in Sri Lanka (1954–2009)
Velupillai Prabhakaran was a Sri Lankan guerrilla and a major figure of Tamil nationalism, being the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE was a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka (1976–2009)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam was a Tamil militant organization, that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island in response to violent persecution and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)