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V. Balakumaran (Tamil Activist)
V. Balakumaran was once one of the two top leaders of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS) in Sri Lanka. In 1990, he and large percentage of EROS members left the organization and joined the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Balakumaran is believed to be active in LTTE's political division. Background A Tamil Tigers senior leader, Balakumaran is reported to have been seriously wounded in an assault by soldiers who had pinned the Tamil people, Tamil rebels down in a small patch of jungle in northeastern Sri Lanka. OJanuary 29, 2009 it was reported that Balakumaran had been critically wounded. References 2018 deaths Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students militants Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members Sri Lankan Tamil rebels Year of birth missing {{SriLanka-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and southeast of the Arabian Sea; it is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. Sri Lanka shares a maritime border with India and Maldives. Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is its legislative capital, and Colombo is its largest city and financial centre. Sri Lanka has a population of around 22 million (2020) and is a multinational state, home to diverse cultures, languages, and ethnicities. The Sinhalese are the majority of the nation's population. The Tamils, who are a large minority group, have also played an influential role in the island's history. Other long established groups include the Moors, the Burghers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
