What is Sri Lankan Civil War?
{{no sources|date=March 2025}} [[File:Tractors. Jan 2009 displacement in the Vanni.jpg|thumb|260px|Civilians being forced to leave their homes because of the fighting. January 2009.]] The '''Sri Lankan Civil War''' was a [[war]] fought in the island of [[Sri Lanka]]. It started on 23 July 1983. There was a revolt against the [[government]] by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (also called the Tamil Tigers-தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள்.). They fought to create an [[Independence|independent]] state for [[Tamil people]] called [[Tamil Eelam]] in the north and the east of the island. The war lasted for 26 years. A [[ceasefire]] in the early 2000s broke down and the fighting began again. The Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009. The civil war caused a terrible setback to the social, cultural, and economic life of the country. Tens of thousands of people were killed. ==Related pages== *[[Human rights in Sri Lanka]] {{Northern Province, Sri Lanka topics|state=collapsed}} {{Sri Lankan Civil War}} [[Category:Sri Lankan Civil War| ]] {{hist-stub}} {{authority control}}