Ponnambalam, passed a new act called the Ceylon citizen act which disenfranchised the Indian Tamil plantation workers cite journal Ponnambalam Likewise Sinhala communal consciousness reached the political stage in the Southern part of Ceylon with the formation of numerous Sinhala political parties.Ĭeylon achieved independence from the British in 1948 and in the same year the government of Sri Lanka, with the acceptance vote from G.G. de Sila, History of Sri Lanka, Penguin 1995 p 488] It was this thinking that made way for the development of Tamil political organization called the All Ceylon Tamil Congress headed by G. de Sila, History of Sri Lanka, Penguin 1995] As a result, the Tamils started to develop communal consciousness and began to think of themselves as needing to be represented by Tamil leadership. British Governor William Manning, who arrived in Ceylon in 1919, created a reformed legislative council in 1921 and actively encouraged communal thinking in the legislative council. Journal = A Journal of Urban and Regional Policyĭoi = 10.1111/0017-4815.00129] with a legislative council in 1833 with three Europeans and one each for Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamils and Burghers. Title = The Struggle for Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka Great Britain gained control of the whole island of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1815 and administratively unified the island cite journal However a majority of the land, including the claimed districts of Jaffna, Ampara, Trincomalee, Mannar, Batticaloa and Puttlam, is controlled by the government of Sri Lanka. This includes parts of the districts of Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya. One such group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) currently controls some of the land claimed for Tamil Eelam.
It is derived from the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka, namely Eelam. Tamil Eelam ( Tamil: தமிழ் ஈழம், "tamiḻ īḻam") is the name given by certain Tamil groups in Sri Lanka to the state which they aspire to create in the Northern and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. Population_census = 3,162,254, for all districts of North Eastern Province and Puttalam District in North Western Province.]įootnote1 =, including all districts of North Eastern Province and Puttalam District in North Western Province.] Sovereignty_type = Independence from Sri LankaĮstablished_event1 = Declaration of IndependenceĮstablished_date1 = "No official declaration Fact|date=July 2008"
Government_type = Internationally unrecognized state Capital = Trincomalee ] (claimed) Kilinochchi (effective)
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