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t. e. Velupillai Prabhakaran ( listen (US English) ⓘ; Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; [ˈʋeːlɯpːiɭːaɪ pɾaˈbaːhaɾan]; 26 November 1954 – 18 May 2009) was an Eelam Tamil revolutionary. Prabhakaran was a major figure of Tamil nationalism, and the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of ...
Feb 15, 2023 · On February 13, Tamil nationalist leader P Nedumaran claimed that Velupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was still alive, and would “announce his next plan (to liberate) Tamil Eelam very soon, himself”.
Jul 26, 2024 · In the LTTE, propaganda is a common factor: Seeman’s NTK. A large chunk of X accounts promoting Prabhakaran, LTTE, and the Tamil Eelam primarily focus on amplifying NTK’s policies and Seeman’s speeches. Many of these accounts explicitly claim association with the party. But this is hardly surprising.
May 19, 2009 · The next year, Prabhakaran founded the LTTE. What began as a guerrilla movement escalated into full-scale civil war in July 1983. The LTTE killed 13 Sri Lankan army troops in an ambush in...
The LTTE leader Prabhakaran denied allegations of killing innocent Sinhalese civilians, claiming to condemn such acts of violence; and claimed that LTTE had instead attacked armed Home Guards who were "death-squads let loose on Tamil civilians" and Sinhalese settlers who were "brought to the Tamil areas to forcibly occupy the land."
Jul 1, 2024 · The LTTE was established in 1976 by Velupillai Prabhakaran as the successor to an organization he had formed earlier in the 1970s. The LTTE grew to become one of the world’s most sophisticated and tightly organized insurgent groups.
Feb 13, 2023 · Tamil nationalist leader P Nedumaran Monday claimed that LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran was still alive, and he was revealing this information now because of the changed geopolitical situation and the Sinhalese people’s “revolt” against the Rajapaksa regime in Sri Lanka.
