Velupillai Prabhakaran was born in the northern coastal town of Valvettithurai on November 26, 1954, as the youngest of four children to Thiruvenkadam Velupillai and his wife Vallipuram Parvathy. Over a 30-year period, Prabhakaran’s forces were held responsible for thousands of deaths, and Tiger suicide bombers killed numerous high-profile victims, notably former Indian in 1991 and Sri Lankan Pres.Īfter months of heavy fighting against government troops in early 2009, the Tigers were crushed, and Prabhakaran was killed in action. The LTTE eventually became a force and between 19 controlled the far-north Jaffna Peninsula. In 1975 he was accused of having murdered the mayor of Jaffna. Prabhakaran dedicated his life to the dream of establishing an independent homeland for the Tamil ethnic minority in northern Sri Lanka. 26, 1954, Velvettithurai, Jaffna Peninsula, -died May 18, 2009, near Nanthikadal Lagoon, Sri Lanka), founded (1972) the (LTTE) and built that organization, commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, into one of the world’s most relentless insurgent groups. Velupillai Prabhakaran, nationalist and guerrilla leader (born Nov.
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