Sri Lankan Civil War

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armed conflict civil war

The Sri Lankan Civil War was a protracted armed conflict from 1983 to 2009 between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), primarily over demands for an independent Tamil state in the island’s north and east.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Eelam War	1
fall of Kilinochchi	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ
aftermath	demilitarization and reconstruction efforts ⓘ establishment of Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission ⓘ military occupation of former LTTE areas ⓘ ongoing political debate over devolution of power ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ surface form: Eelam War
cause	Tamil separatism ⓘ ethnic tensions between Sinhalese and Tamils ⓘ
ceasefireAgreement	2002 Ceasefire Agreement ⓘ
ceasefireMediator	Norway ⓘ
conflictType	separatist conflict ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
diasporaRole	funding from Tamil diaspora ⓘ
displacedPersons	hundreds of thousands of civilians ⓘ
endDate	2009-05-18 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths	100000+ ⓘ 70000+ ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved	Sinhalese ⓘ Sri Lankan Moors ⓘ Sri Lankan Tamils ⓘ
foreignInvolvement	China ⓘ India ⓘ Indian Peace Keeping Force ⓘ Israel ⓘ Norway ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
goalOfRebelSide	creation of independent Tamil state of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
governmentLeader	Chandrika Kumaratunga (as Prime Minister in 1994) ⓘ surface form: Chandrika Kumaratunga J. R. Jayewardene ⓘ Mahinda Rajapaksa ⓘ Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ
humanRightsConcern	allegations of war crimes by both sides ⓘ civilian casualties ⓘ use of child soldiers by LTTE ⓘ
location	Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
mainBelligerent	Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
majorPhase	Eelam War I ⓘ Eelam War II ⓘ Eelam War III ⓘ Eelam War IV ⓘ
mediaAspect	restrictions on journalists in war zones ⓘ
notableEvent	Black July ⓘ Mavil Aru water dispute ⓘ assassination of Rajiv Gandhi ⓘ assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa ⓘ Sri Lankan Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: fall of Kilinochchi final battle at Mullivaikkal ⓘ
notableEventDate	1983-07 ⓘ
notableInnovation	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ surface form: LTTE air wing Air Tigers Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ surface form: LTTE naval wing Sea Tigers use of suicide belts by LTTE ⓘ
rebelLeader	Velupillai Prabhakaran ⓘ
rebelOrganization	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
religiousDimension	Buddhist–Christian tensions ⓘ Buddhist–Hindu tensions ⓘ
result	defeat of LTTE ⓘ territorial integrity of Sri Lanka preserved ⓘ
startDate	1983-07-23 ⓘ
terrorismDesignation	LTTE designated as terrorist organization by many countries ⓘ
UNInvolvement	Human Rights Council resolutions ⓘ surface form: UN Human Rights Council resolutions on Sri Lanka
weaponTypeUsed	conventional artillery and air strikes ⓘ improvised explosive devices ⓘ suicide bombings ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sri Lankan Civil War → alsoKnownAs → Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eelam War

Sinhalese people → associatedWith → Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

Jaffna Fort → damagedDuring → Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

Sri Lankan Civil War → notableEvent → Sri Lankan Civil War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Kilinochchi

Batticaloa Airport → usedDuring → Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

Jaffna → wasHeavilyAffectedBy → Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

Northern Province, Sri Lanka → wasMajorTheatreOf → Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ

Trincomalee → wasStrategicallyImportantIn → Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ