The Sri Lankan Civil War
Decades of discrimination against the Tamil minority erupted after the anti-Tamil 'Black July' pogrom of 1983, launching a civil war between the state and the LTTE, which fought for an independent Tamil Eelam. The conflict featured suicide bombings, child soldiers and assassinations, and drew in an ill-fated Indian peacekeeping intervention. It ended in May 2009 when the army annihilated the Tigers in a final offensive that killed tens of thousands of trapped civilians and drew war-crimes accusations against both sides.
- Year: 1983 CE
- Category: Civil War
