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Bengal tiger. The Bengal tiger or Royal Bengal tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies and the nominate tiger subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is estimated to have been present in the Indian subcontinent since the Late Pleistocene for about 12,000 to 16,500 years.
Prabhakaran was a major figure of Tamil nationalism, and the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The LTTE was a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka in reaction to the oppression of the country's Tamil population by the Sri Lankan government .
Prabakaran visited the first and the second batch of Tamil Tigers to see them training. [53] Eight other batches of LTTE were trained in Tamil Nadu. Thenmozhi Rajaratnam alias Dhanu, who carried out the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and Sivarasan—the key conspirator were among the militants trained by RAW, in Nainital, India. [54]
Bangalore (/ ˈbæŋɡəlɔːr, ˌbæŋɡəˈlɔːr / BANG-gə-lor, -LOR), officially Bengaluru (Kannada: [ˈbeŋɡɐɭuːɾu] ⓘ; ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than 8 million[5] and a metropolitan population of around 15 million, [6] making it ...
The following is a list of chronological attacks attributed to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), commonly known as the Tamil Tigers. [1][2][3] The attacks include massacres, bombings, robberies, ethnic cleansing, military battles and assassinations of civilian and military targets. The LTTE is a separatist militant group that fought ...
His death instantly triggered widespread strikes, demonstrations and public unrest in the state, most notably the manifestation of popular defiance of the Government of India ban against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which the people demonstrated carrying flags of Tamil Eelam, placards and images of the LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran in the ...
Tigers in India. Tigers in India constitute more than 70% of the global population of tigers. [1][2] Tigers have been officially adopted as the National Animal of India [3] on recommendation of the National Board for Wildlife [4] since April 1973. [5] In popular local languages, tigers are called baagh, puli or sher. [6]
Dina Thanthi (Tamil: தினத்தந்தி, English: Daily Mail; known as Daily Thanthi in English) is a Tamil language daily newspaper. It was founded by S. P. Adithanar in Madurai in 1942. Dina Thanthi is India's largest daily printed in the Tamil language and the ninth largest among all dailies in India by circulation. [2]