POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Indian Tamils Of Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers Of Tamil Eelam, Indian Nationalism

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 322
• Professor: Narendra Subramanian

Document Summary

Continued from secessionist movement and civil war in sri lanka. 1987: indo-sri lanka accord: it didn"t lead to a stable settlement because it was a return to war involving the indian army against the ltte. Indian presence contributed to the reemergence of an extremist armed group, the. Sri lankan government wanted the army out, to limit opposition. After the indian army was asked to leave in 1989, From mid 1990s to mid 2000s, there was a change. Late 1980s, the sri lankan army annihilated the jvp that hindered compromise. Started in 1994, when the pm and president (daughter of mr. b) succeeded her mother as leader of sri lankan freedom party (slfp) But before, she was a part of a small, pluralistic sinhalese party. In 1994: she led a people"s alliance, arguing for end of civil war, and devolution of power to provinces: she won the election and beat the ump.