Sri Lankan Tamil people, Tamils who are native to the island
Sri Lankan Tamil dialects, unique Tamil-language dialects used in Sri Lanka by native Sri Lankan Tamil population and in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora
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SriLankanTamils (Tamil: இலங்கை தமிழர், ilankai tamiḻar or ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native...
000 Indian Tamils were deported back to India. It wasn't until 2003–55 years after independence—that all Indian Tamils living in SriLanka were granted...
Tamils of SriLanka are Tamil people of Indian origin in SriLanka. They are also known as Malayaga Tamilar, Hill Country Tamils, Up-Country Tamils or...
of the larger Sri Lankan and Tamil diaspora. Like other diasporas, SriLankanTamils are scattered and dispersed around the globe, with concentrations...
Tamils of SriLanka, p.45 Indrapala, K The Evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils of SriLanka, p.389 Ragupathy, Tamil Social Formation in Sri Lanka:...
Ponnambalam Ramanathan, the SriLankanTamils launched a campaign to classify Tamil-speaking SriLankan Moors as Tamils, primarily to bolster their population...
and half to the minority communities: Ceylon Tamils, Indian Tamils, Muslims and others. After SriLanka achieved independence in 1948, the ACTC decided...
notable Tamils of SriLanka by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak (or spoke) Tamil and originally came from SriLanka are included...
state called Tamil Eelam in the northeast of the island in response to violent persecution and discriminatory policies against SriLankanTamils by the Sinhalese-dominated...
virulent anti-Tamil pogroms in SriLanka, the most infamous of which is the 1983 Black July pogrom, which killed more than 5000 Tamils in a single week...
Sri Lanka (12.6% of the country's population). During the SriLankan Civil War, many Tamils emigrated; Hindu temples, built by the SriLankanTamil diaspora...
three major, parallel caste systems exist in SriLankan society: Sinhalese, SriLankanTamil and Indian Tamils. A universal welfare system that focused on...
inhabited by Eelam Tamils, was once one of the strongest kingdoms of SriLanka and controlled much of the north of the island. Tamils were noted for their...
British Tamils (Tamil: பிரித்தானியத் தமிழர், [pirittāṉiyat tamiḻar]) are British people of Tamil origin. Immigration of significant numbers of Tamils to the...
country" of south-central SriLanka. The Indian Tamils of SriLanka were considered to be "stateless" and over 300,000 Indian Tamils were deported back to...
noted Tamil actors in India were born in SriLanka. SriLankanTamil cinema's growth has largely been stalled due to the SriLankan Civil War. Tamils contributed...
independent state that many Tamils in SriLanka and the Eelam Tamil diaspora aspire to create in the north and east of SriLanka. Large sections of the North-East...
independent Tamil Eelam in the north of SriLanka. They rose in response to the perception among minority SriLankanTamils that the state was preferring the...
born outside SriLanka or do not hold SriLankan citizenship, and large populations of ethnic Tamils and Sinhalese exist outside SriLanka which are not...
Tamil settlement of SriLanka refers to the settlement of Tamils, or other Dravidian peoples, from Southern India to SriLanka. Due to SriLanka's close...
population, followed by the SriLankanTamils, who are the largest minority group and are concentrated in northern SriLanka; both groups have played an...
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA; Tamil: தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ISO 15919: tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu) is a political alliance in SriLanka that represents...
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