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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 ...
Thirunavukarasu entered Parliament after winning the the 1977 parliamentary election as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate in Vaddukoddai. [8] Thirunavukarasu died of a heart attack on 1 August 1982. [2] [9]
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 ...
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.
Thambipillai Rasalingam was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. Rasalingam was born on 21 November 1933. [1] He was from Vathiry in northern Ceylon and was an education officer. [2] [3] Rasalingam stood as the Tamil United Liberation Front's candidate for Udupiddy at the 1977 parliamentary 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.
On 1 August 1982 T. Thirunavukarasu, the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) MP for Vaddukoddai, died and on 14 October 1982 the TULF nominated Kuttimani (Selvarajah Yogachandran), a leading member of the militant Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), to be his replacement. [13]