The Jaffna Peninsula was referred to in the Manimekalai (2nd century AD) as Naga Nadu, inhabited by the Naga people. However, it is not known when ethnic Tamils first settled in Sri Lanka. These are dated between the 2nd century BC and 2nd century AD. See also: Sri Lankan Tamils Р’В§Р’В History, History of the Jaffna Kingdom, and Naga people (Lanka) Р’В§Р’В History Ancient period Р”В®vidence of a settlement of people with burial practices similar to that found in the Tamil Nadu region in India and further North was excavated at megalithic burial sites at Pomparippu in the western coast and in Kathiraveli in the eastern coast. This resolution charged that the Sri Lankan Government had used its power to 'deprive the Tamil nation of its territory, language, citizenship, economic life, opportunities of employment and education thereby destroying all the attributes of nationhood of the Tamil people.' The resolution further called for the 'Free, Sovereign, Secular Socialist State of Tamil Eelam'. In 1976, the first national convention of the TULF was held at Vaddukoddai, where the party adopted a unanimous resolution called the Vaddukodai Resolution. By 1975, all Tamil political parties merged and became known as the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF), which was led by prominent Tamil politician S. Under the United Front's constitution during the early 1970s, Tamil students sought ways to form a Tamil independent state where the rights and freedom of the Tamils could be protected and nurtured. de Silva, the system of standardisation of marks required the Tamil students to achieve higher marks than the Sinhalese students to get into university.

A similar policy was later adopted for employment in the public sector that caused less than 10 percent of civil service jobs available to Tamil speakers. The new Sri Lankan Government adopted two new policies that were considered discriminatory by the Tamil people government introduced a policy of standardisation to regulate university admissions, which was enacted to reduce the intake of Tamil and other minorities students into the Sri Lankan educational system. The failure of the Sri Lankan Parliament to implement these agreements caused further disillusionment and isolation among Tamils.Р”Р„t the 1970 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, the United Front led by Sirimavo Bandaranaike came into power. Though both the BandaranaikeРІР‚вЂњChelvanayakam Pact and the Senanayake-Chelvanayakam Pact were signed, they were not approved by the Sinhalese dominated Sri Lankan Parliament in 19, respectively. The act replaced English as the official language of Sri Lanka with Sinhala due to the lack of official recognition to the Tamil language, the act was widely viewed by the Tamils as a sign of the Sri Lanka state's ambition of establishing a SinhalaРІР‚вЂњ Buddhist nation state. 33 of 1956, more simply known as the Sinhala Only Act, was passed in the Sri Lankan Parliament in 1956. In 1956, the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the most dominant Tamil political party in Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon), lobbied for a united state that would give the minority Tamils and majority Sinhalese equal rights, including recognition of two official languages-Tamil and Sinhala-and considerable autonomy for the Tamil regions of the country.

Large sections of the North-East were under de facto control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for most of the 1990sРІР‚вЂњ2000s during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Tamil Eelam, although encompassing the traditional homelands of Sri Lankan Tamils, does not have official status or recognition by world states.

The name is derived from the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka, Eelam. Related Radios Chandru FM РІвЂ№В® Chellam FM РІвЂ№В® CTBC Radio РІвЂ№В® Dream Share FM РІвЂ№В® Eagle FM РІвЂ№В® Elurchi FM РІвЂ№В® ETR Radio РІвЂ№В® Gokulam Tamil Radio РІвЂ№В® GTBC FM РІвЂ№В® Home Shakthi FM РІвЂ№В® Idhayam FM РІвЂ№В® ILC Tamil FM РІвЂ№В® Imai FM РІвЂ№В® Inbathamil Oli РІвЂ№В® Jaffna Tamil Radio РІвЂ№В® Jei FM РІвЂ№В® Kalasam FM РІвЂ№В® Kanagasabapathy FM РІвЂ№В® Laksi Vision FM РІвЂ№В® MTR Tamil Online Radio РІвЂ№В® Muththu FM РІвЂ№В® Naam Tamilar FM РІвЂ№В® Naga FM РІвЂ№В® Nakshatra Radio РІвЂ№В® Namba Tamil FM РІвЂ№В® NASPF Lanka Radio РІвЂ№В® Natrinai FM РІвЂ№В® Nesaganam Tamil Radio РІвЂ№В® Netrikgun FM РІвЂ№В® Oli FM РІвЂ№В® Osai FM РІвЂ№В® Planet Radio City РІвЂ№В® Pulikalinkural HD FM РІвЂ№В® Radio City Live РІвЂ№В® Radio Tamizha FM РІвЂ№В® Radio Vaanam РІвЂ№В® Saalaram Valaioli FM РІвЂ№В® SAI FM РІвЂ№В® SLBC Tamila National РІвЂ№В® SLBC Tamil FM РІвЂ№В® Tamil FM 89.Tamil Eelam ( Tamil: Р°В®В¤Р°В®В®Р°В®С—Р°В®Т‘Р°Р‡Р‚Р°В®Т‘Р°В®В®Р°Р‡РЊ tamiР±С‘В» Р”В«Р±С‘В»am, generally rendered outside Tamil-speaking areas as Р°В®В¤Р°В®В®Р°В®С—Р°В®Т‘Р°Р‡РЊ Р°В®в‚¬Р°В®Т‘Р°В®В®Р°Р‡РЊ) is a proposed independent state that many Tamils in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

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