{"slug": "liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam", "label": "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80312", "qid": "Q80312", "description": "Militant Tamil organisation in Sri Lanka (1976-2009)", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1983, 2009], "span_label": ["1983 CE", "2009 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}], "also_known_as": ["LTTE", "Tamil Tiger", "Tamil Tigers"], "related": [{"slug": "sri-lankan-civil-war", "label": "Sri Lankan civil war", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "sri-lanka", "label": "Sri Lanka", "shared": 3}], "items": [{"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed during a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, thus beginning the Sri Lankan Civil War, which would continue until 2009.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#July", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Sri Lankan Civil War, Kent and Dollar Farm massacres: the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam begin their first massacres of the Sinhalese people, in North and East Sri Lanka. 127 are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#November", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – At Sriperumbudur, India, a suicide bomber from LTTE attacks a political meeting, killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and at least 14 others.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#May", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa: During a May Day rally, President of Sri Lanka Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide bomber. Prime Minister Dingiri Banda Wijetunga succeeds Premadasa as the 3rd executive president of Sri Lanka.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#May", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – In Sri Lanka, the Tamil Tigers overrun a military base and kill over 100 Sri Lankan troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#March", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Bandaranaike Airport attack: The Tamil Tigers bomb the Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#July", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – Following more than 25 years of fighting, the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the total military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#May", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › May"}}]}