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Velupillai Prabhakaran (listen (US English) ⓘ; Tamil: வேலுப்பிள்ளை பிரபாகரன்; [ˈʋeːlɯpːiɭːaɪ pɾaˈbaːhaɾan]; 26 November 1954 – 18 May 2009) was a Sri Lankan revolutionary. Prabhakaran was a major figure of Tamil nationalism, and the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
May 19, 2009 · V elupillai Prabhakaran, 54, the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) who was declared killed by the Sri Lankan government on May 18, had decades to think about how his...
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”.
Its leader Velupillai Prabhakaran cited violent incidents of the 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom during his childhood that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna Alfred Duraiappah in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident.
May 19, 2009 · He was a man with little education from a small fishing village in northern Sri Lanka, but Velupillai Prabhakaran founded and led one of the most ruthless and committed separatist organisations...
Learn about the Tamil Tigers, a guerrilla organization that sought to establish an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka. Find out how they were led by Velupillai Prabhakaran, who was killed in 2009 after a long civil war.
The Velupillai Prabhakaran mythology was finally deflated when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam acknowledged that their leader had been killed. By Mark McDonald. Op-Ed Contributor. Tiger by...
May 21, 2009 · Velupillai Prabhakaran, commander of the Tamil Tigers, died on May 18th, aged 54. May 21st 2009 |. Getty Images. THE body of the young man lay on a scarlet bier. He was in his...
వేలుపిళ్లై ప్రభాకరన్ (ఆంగ్లం: Velupillai Prabhakaran) తమిళం: (வேலுப்பிள்ளை ...
Nov 26, 2023 · Though the exact circumstances of Tamil Tigers chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's death remain disputed, the Sri Lankan military claims that he was killed in a firefight in May 2009.
