The story of Sri Lanka India relations had its own meanderings. A tipsy-topsy ride that changed the South Asian history forever.
Sri Lanka diaries bring for you a curated timeline so how it happened as it happened:
- In 1975 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam forms, start of the war for the rights of Tamil minority of Sri Lanka.
- Army blocks Jaffna routes which LTTE forays into so as to start what was next going to be called as Sri Lanka civil war.
- July 1987 India Srilanka go for a peace agreement which was followed by a peace accord signed between the two parties leading India to send peace keeping force in the Sri Lanka.
- Next came the horrendous event that shook India Sri Lanka relations were the LTTEs successful attempt in assassinating Rajiv Gandhi. A garlanding was done by a suicide bomber on May 1991 which in fact was a murder attempt.
- Tamil tigers kill Sri Lankan president Premdasa. May 1993.
- By 1995 Jaffna, the cultural capital of Sri Lanka was under control of Sri Lankan forces.
- By December 2002, Major military outbreak
- Several outbreaks by military, rebels and vice versa for next 5 years.
- Major capture of Tamil Tiger's region Killinochchi on 2nd Jan
- Another stronghold of rebels Mullaitivvu captured by January 25th of 2009.
- After 5 months of struggle, rebels offer to lay down arms
and it ended.............
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