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Sri Lankan Civil War

Sri Lankan Civil War
இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர்
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ත්‍රස්තවාදය
Date 23 July 1983 – 18 May 2009
(25 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
Location Sri Lanka
Result

Sri Lankan government victory

Territorial
changes
Government regains total control of former LTTE-controlled areas in the North and East of the country.
Belligerents

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka


India Indian Peace Keeping Force (1987–90)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders

Sri Lanka Junius Richard Jayewardene (1983–89)
Sri Lanka Ranasinghe Premadasa  (1989–93)
Sri Lanka Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1993–94)
Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–2005)
Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005–2009)


India Rajiv Gandhi (1987–1989) 
Velupillai Prabhakaran  (1983–2009)
Kumaran Pathmanathan
Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan 
Pottu Amman
Kandiah Balasegaran
Vaithilingam Sornalingam 
Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja  Executed
Strength

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


India Indian Peace Keeping Force:
100,000 (peak)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(excluding Auxiliary forces):
6,000 (2001)
7,000 (2003)
11,000 (2005)
8,000 (2006)
7,000 (2007)
(including Auxiliary forces):
25,000 (2006)
30,000 (2008)
Casualties and losses

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


India 1,200 killed
(Indian Peace Keeping Force)
27,000+ killed
11,644 captured
60,000–100,000 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 Lankan government victory

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Junius Richard Jayewardene (1983–89)
Sri Lanka Ranasinghe Premadasa  (1989–93)
Sri Lanka Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1993–94)
Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994–2005)
Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005–2009)


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