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Velupillai Prabhakaran
Velupillai Prabhakaran was an Eelam Tamil revolutionary, guerrilla leader and a major figure of Tamil nationalism, being the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE was a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka in reaction to the oppression of the country's Tamil population by the Sri Lankan gover…
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politics · Leader of militant Tamil organisation in Sri Lanka (1954–2009) · military personnel · politician · freedom fighter · dictator · also Velupillai Prabhakaran, Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran, Prabhakaran
Born 26 November 1954 · Died 18 May 2009 · Q204016
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2026· 2 entries
The New York Times: Velupillai Prabhakaran
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2023· 5 entries
Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated the claim “LTTE Leader Prabhakaran is Still Alive.This is His Latest PHOTO !!” False.
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moneycontrol.com: Velupillai Prabhakaran doing well, atmosphere right for him to 'emerge,' says TN leader
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Outlookindia: Velupillai Prabhakaran 'Doing Well', Right Time For Him To Emerge: Top Tamil Nationalist Leader
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India.com: LTTE Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran Still ALIVE, Tamil Leader Makes Startling Claim
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By Indian activist Pazha Nedumaran, who declared through a press conference held at Thanjavur that the slain leader of LTTE is "still alive and doing well" and that he has been in contact with Prabhakaran's family
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2018· 1 entry
Deccan Chronicle: Biopic on Velupillai Prabhakaran on anvil
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2017· 1 entry
UPI: Topic: Velupillai Prabhakaran
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2013· 1 entry
International Business Times: New Photographs Show LTTE Leader Prabhakaran’s Son Before And After Execution
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2010· 1 entry
Pro-LTTE website TamilWin claimed that the body of Prabhakaran shown belonged to a Sri Lankan soldier, showing images of a Prabhakaran look-alike in the Sri Lankan army
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2009· 2 entries
Died 2009-05-18.
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A Tamil website showed an image showing Prabhakaran viewing a news report of his death in TV which was sent to France 24 as proof of his survival
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2001· 1 entry
Following the LTTE's tactical victory in Eelam War III
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1991· 1 entry
Which they denied involvement and alleged the event as an international conspiracy against them
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1984· 1 entry
"I would prefer to die in honour rather than being caught alive by the enemy
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1976· 1 entry
After the 1974 Tamil conference killings by Sri Lankan government police, the LTTE came to prominence in 1983 after it ambushed a patrol of the Sri Lanka Army outside Jaffna, resulting in the deaths of 13 soldiers
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1975· 1 entry
After becoming heavily involved in the Tamil movement, he carried out the first major political assassination by a Tamil group, shooting Alfred Duraiappah, the mayor of Jaffna, at point-blank range in front of the Hindu
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1973· 1 entry
Prabhakaran teamed up with Chetti Thanabalasingam and with a fraction of the Tamil Manavar Peravai to form the Tamil New Tigers (TNT)
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1972· 1 entry
Founded the Tamil New Tigers (TNT), a successor to many earlier organizations that protested against the post-colonial political direction of the country, in which the minority Sri Lankan Tamils were pitted against th
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1954· 1 entry
Born 1954-11-26.
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