Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
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Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front
ஈழமக்கள் புரட்சிகர விடுதலை முன்னணி ඊලාම් ජනතා විප්ලවවාදී විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ |
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| Secretary |
Suresh Premachandran (Suresh wing) T. Sritharan (Padmanaba wing) |
| Founder | K. Pathmanabha, Varatharajah Perumal |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Split from | Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students |
| Headquarters | 85/9 Pokuna Road, Hendala, Wattala (Suresh wing) 15C Summit Flats, Keppetipola Mawatha, Colombo 07 (Padmanaba wing) |
| Ideology | Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism |
| National affiliation |
Tamil National Alliance (Suresh wing) Democratic Tamil National Alliance (Padmanaba wing) |
| Election symbol | |
| Flower (Suresh wing) Candle (Padmanaba wing) |
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| Website | |
| eprlfnet.com (Padmanaba wing) | |
The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a Sri Lankan political party and a former militant separatist group.
The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba),Douglas Devananda,Suresh Premachandran and Varatharajah Perumal as a breakaway faction of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students.
In 1982 the EPRLF formed a military wing, People's Liberation Army, headed by Douglas Devananda. The PLA is believed to have received military training by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
In early 1986 disputes amongst the EPRLF leadership led to it splitting into two factions: EPRLF (Ranjan) and EPRLF (Douglas).
In late 1986 the Tamil Tigers attacked the EPRLF, inflicting a heavy losses. Many of its cadres were killed or taken prisoner and its camps and weapons were seized by the Tigers. Douglas Devananda was blamed for the debacle.
In 1987 the EPRLF (Douglas) faction formally split from the EPRLF. It initially formed the Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front with a breakaway faction of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam led by Paranthan Rajan, but later transformed itself into the Eelam People's Democratic Party.
After its military defeat by the Tamil Tigers the EPRLF transformed itself into political party and allied itself with the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) who were occupying much of Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka.
The EPRLF's first foray into politics came in the flawed 1988 provincial council elections. With the assistance of IPKF the EPRLF secured 41 of the 71 seats on the North Eastern Provincial Council. On 10 December 1988 Varatharajah Perumal became the first Chief Minister of the North Eastern Provincial Council.
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