either born in Sri Lanka or whose forefathers were born there. As a result‚ many Indian Tamils found themselves stateless. Though the Indian Tamils have lived in Sri Lanka for many years‚ they do not have basic rights such as education‚ jobs‚ housing and voting. In 1964‚ India decided to help the Indian Tamils who were stateless. It was agreed that Sri Lanka would allow a certain number of Indian Tamils to return to India but it was interrupted by the outbreak of ethnic violence. In 2003‚ Sri
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is also spoken in the Nilgiris district‚ Kanyakumari district and Coimbatore of Tamil Nadu‚ Dakshina Kannada‚ Bangalore and Kodagu districts of Karnataka.[1][5][6][7] Overseas it is also used by a large population of Indian expatriates living around the globe in the Middle East‚ United States‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Australia‚ and Europe. Malayalam originated from ancient Tamil in the 6th century‚ of which Modern Tamil was also derived.[8] An alternative theory proposes a split in more ancient times
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language. The Tamils had hoped that the island’s independence would bring equality to the country‚ but the cultural differences were just too great. Rioting broke out in 1958‚ followed by some compromises with the Tamils. The Sinhalese prime minister was assassinated Neal Lineback 1959 and there were ultra-leftist terrorist activities. Finally‚ in the early 1980s‚ and Mandy Lineback Gritzner Sinhalese and Tamil separatist violence erupted. The Tamils began calling for a separate Tamil state in northern
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whereas tamils who have been living in Sri Lanka for a long time and working in tea plantations are not given citizenship‚ and are denied basic rights such as voting. In 1964‚ the government sent many tamils back to India and granted citizenship to the remaining tamils. However‚ by the 1980’s‚ this was still not carried out fully. About 100‚000 tamils who are contributing to the society is still stateless. In 2003‚ a bill of origin of Indian persons was passed and allowed tamils who have
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fifth largest installed wind power capacity in the world.[1] In 2009-10 India’s growth rate was highest among the other top four countries. As of 31 Jan 2013 the installed capacity of wind power in India was 18634.9[2][3] MW‚ mainly spread across Tamil Nadu (7134 MW)‚[4] Gujarat (3‚093 MW)‚ Maharashtra (2310.70 MW)‚ Karnataka (1730.10 MW)‚ Rajasthan (1524.70 MW)‚ Madhya Pradesh (275.50 MW)‚ Andhra Pradesh (200.20 MW)‚ Kerala (32.8 MW)‚ Orissa (2MW)‚[5][6] West Bengal (1.1 MW) and other states (3
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of this Island. This led the other nations to come on trading goods and services. The nations from India‚ Indonesia‚ Arab and Chinese came for trading and they settled in Sri Lanka. As a result of these many other ethnic minorities‚ which includes Tamils‚ Muslim Moors‚ Burghers and Malays lived in Sri Lanka. This land was concurred by many countries. Especially Portugal‚ Dutch and lastly the British were the three main countries who captured Sri Lanka. But in year 1948‚ the country was independent
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styles in the Tamil and French quarters‚ which are separated by a canal and unified by a grid iron plan. The Government Square is the only major green space in Pondicherry within the boulevards‚ surrounded by public buildings. The contrasting French and Tamil styles‚ and in many cases a harmonious blend of the two‚ called the ‘Franco-Tamil’ style‚ are a special feature of the town. In the French Town the buildings are in European style adapted to a tropical climate‚ whereas in the Tamil Town area they
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Beginning on 23 July 1983‚ there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE‚ also known as the Tamil Tigers)‚ a separatist militant organisation which fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign‚ the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009‚ bringing the civil war to an end. For over 25 years‚ this civil war caused significant hardships
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Old Tamil[edit] The earliest records in Old Tamil are short inscriptions from around the 2nd century BCE in caves and on pottery. These inscriptions are written in a variant of the Brahmi script called Tamil Brahmi. The earliest long text in Old Tamil is the Tolkāppiyam‚ an early work on Tamil grammar and poetics‚ whose oldest layers could be as old as the 1st century BC. A large number of literary works in Old Tamil have also survived. These include a corpus of 2‚381 poems collectively known as
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Velupillai Prabhakaran (November 26‚ 1954 – May 18‚ 2009) was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers)‚ a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka. For over 25 years‚ the LTTE waged a violent secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka that led to it being designated a terrorist organization by 32 countries. Prabhakaran was wanted by Interpol for terrorism‚ murder‚ organized crime and terrorism
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