Sri Lanka By tanner and caden
The Sri Lankan Civil War started July 23, 1983-May 18, 2009.
1972: Armed with just a revolver, Velupillai Prabhakaran forms a Tamil militant group, which eventually morphs into the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). July 23, 1983: LTTE ambushes an army patrol, killing 13 soldiers in the Jaffna peninsula and sparking anti-Tamil riots elsewhere that leave about 600 people dead. July 8, 1985: Sri Lanka opens first direct talks with Tamil guerrillas. They fail. July 29, 1987: India and Sri Lanka reach agreement on deployment of Indian peace-keeping force. March 24, 1990: India loses 1,200 troops at the hands of the LTTE, and withdraws to leave the
After a 26-year military campaign, the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009, bringing the civil war to an end.