Timeline of 25-year civil war
China Daily | Updated: 2009-05-19 07:46
1975: LTTE group forms. The group demands a separate state for minority ethnic Tamils in the island's north and east.
July 1983: Tamil Tiger ambush army patrol in Jaffna, killing 13 soldiers and sparking anti-Tamil riots in which an estimated 300-600 people die. The civil war begins.
July 1987: India and Sri Lanka sign pact to end Tamil separatism. India sends peacekeeping troops who ended up fighting the rebels.
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