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The Tamil United Liberation Front (Tamil: தமிழர் ஐக்கிய விடுதலை முன்னணி, romanized: Tamil Onrupattatu Viduthulai Munnai, Sinhala: ද්රවිඩ එක්සත් විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ, romanized: Dravida Eksath Vimukthi Peramuna) is a political party in Sri Lanka.
It called for the creation of an independent Tamil Eelam by the Tamil United Liberation Front under the leadership of S. J. V. Chelvanayakam. It was a major event in the modern history of Sri Lanka, as it was the first time the demand for a separate state for the Sri Lankan Tamils was made; Tamils had previously only demanded devolution or ...
The Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) was formed when the Tamil political parties merged and adopted the Vaddukoddai Resolution, named after the village, Vaddukoddai, where it was developed. In the 1977 election, TULF became the first Tamil Nationalist party to run on a separatist platform.
Tamil United Liberation Front leader Appapillai Amirthalingam, who was in 1977 elected as the Opposition leader of Sri Lanka Parliament, clandestinely supported the LTTE. Amirthalingam believed that if he could exercise control over the Tamil insurgent groups, it would enhance his political position and pressure the government to agree to grant ...
In 1972 the ITAK, ACTC and others formed the Tamil United Front (later renamed Tamil United Liberation Front). Amirthalingam was delivering leaflets along with other leading Tamil politicians ( M. Sivasithamparam , V. N. Navaratnam , K. P. Ratnam and K. Thurairatnam ) in 1976 when they were all arrested on government orders.
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTe) is the only remaining armed Tamil nationalist group. [citation needed] Other groups. There were over 30 other minor groups of which some are notable such as National Liberation Front of Tamil Eelam (NLFTE), which according to Taraki Sivaram, was a small but influential Maoist group based largely in Jaffna ...
The Tamil Democratic National Alliance (TDNA) was formed in 2008 by the Democratic People's Liberation Front [a] (DPLF), the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (Pathmanabha wing) [b] and the Tamil United Liberation Front to contest the 2008 Sri Lanka Eastern Provincial Council election.
Tamil United Liberation Front (1 C, 2 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Sri Lankan Tamil nationalist parties" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.