Ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Civil War
ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සිවිල් යුද්ධය
இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர்

The area of Sri Lanka claimed by the LTTE as Tamil Eelam, where the vast majority of the fighting took place

Date	23 July 1983 – 18 May 2009 (25 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location	Sri Lanka
Result	Sri Lankan government victory Rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militarily defeated Sri Lankan government reestablishes control over entire island
Territorial changes	Government regains total control of former LTTE-controlled areas in the North and East of the country.

Belligerents

Sri Lanka

Indian Peace Keeping Force (1987–1990)

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Commanders and leaders

J. R. Jayawardene (1983–1989)
Ranasinghe Premadasa † (1989–1993)
D. B. Wijetunga (1993–1994)
Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–2005)
Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005–2009)

R. Venkataraman (1987–1989)

Rajiv Gandhi (1987–1989) †

V. Prabhakaran † (1983–2009)

Balraj

Karuna Amman (1983–2004)

Mahattaya

Pottu Amman

Shankar †

Soosai †

Strength

Sri Lanka Armed Forces:
95,000 (2001)
118,000 (2002)
158,000 (2003)
151,000 (2004)
111,000 (2005)
150,900 (2006)
210,000 (2008)

Indian Peace Keeping Force:
100,000 (peak)

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(excluding Auxiliary forces):
6,000 (2001)
7,000 (2003
18,000 (2004))
11,000 (2005)
8,000 (2006)
7,000 (2007)
(including Auxiliary forces):
25,000 (2006)
30,000 (2008)

Casualties and losses

23,327+ killed
60,000+ wounded (Sri Lankan military and police)

1,200 killed
(Indian Peace Keeping Force)

27,000+ killed
11,644 captured

100,000+ killed overall (estimate)
800,000 displaced at peak in 2001

16 May 2009: Sri Lankan Government declared a military defeat of LTTE.
17 May 2009: LTTE admit defeat by Sri Lankan Government.
19 May 2009: President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially declares end of civil war in parliament.

Sri Lanka

J. R. Jayawardene (1983–1989)
Ranasinghe Premadasa † (1989–1993)
D. B. Wijetunga (1993–1994)
Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–2005)
Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005–2009)

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