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Tamil Eelam - Suppressed or Restricted Information

      Eelam Tamils from Tamil Eelam are a oppressed nation of people who predominantly live on the island known as Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, in the Northeastern province. The island has been ravaged and invaded by several foreign powers, including the Portuguese and the Dutch, but it was the British who eventually conquered the entire island in 1815. They amalgamated the Tamil Kingdom and Sinhala Kingdom, laying the groundwork for the tensions and conflict that continue to affect the island today.

     After the British departed, power was primarily handed over to the Sinhalese. The Sinhalese-majoritarian Buddhist state’s goal is to follow the ideology presented in the Mahavamsa, aiming to establish a Sinhala-Buddhist-only state on the island, which marginalizes and oppresses the Tamil population to this day.

     Eelam Tamils have been oppressed for decades by the Sinhala Buddhist Sri Lankan state through colonization, ethnic cleansing, land grabs, government backed pogroms, destruction of cultural heritage, massacres, and genocide—all backed by imperialist powers to ensure a foothold in the Trincomalee harbor, located in Tamil Eelam, and to control the island more easily for their objectives.

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Sinhalese Colonization

Tamil Genocide

Tamil Eelam Political Information and Organizations

Books and Other Works by Pro-Tamil Eelam Authors



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