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Conflict South Asia

Sri Lankan Civil War

1983 CE – 2009 CE · 26 years

A 26-year ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese-majority government and the Tamil Tigers, who pioneered suicide bombing as a tactic. The LTTE controlled a de facto state in the north before being destroyed in a brutal final offensive in 2009 that killed tens of thousands of civilians.

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Sri Lankan civil war on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Sri Lankan Government
  • Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)

Key moments

Defining events in the Sri Lankan Civil War.

  1. 1983 Black July riots
  2. 2000 Battle of Elephant Pass
  3. 2004 LTTE split — Karuna faction defects
  4. 2009 Final Offensive / Battle of Mullivaikkal

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Attested 1200 CE – 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1983 CE and 2009 CE.

1986 CE Faisal Mosque 1996 CE Nepalese Civil War 1999 CE Kargil War 2001 CE War in Afghanistan 2004 CE Insurgency in Balochistan

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Landmark · Africa 1985 CE – still standing Yugoslavia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Kurdish–Turkish Conflict Conflict · Europe 1984 CE – 2026 CE Hassan II Mosque Landmark · Africa 1986 CE – still standing Czechoslovakia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE
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