British Tamils Forum or BTF, is a largest organisation representing the Tamil Community in the United Kingdom. The BTF intends to be the voice of the...
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British Tamils (Tamil: பிரித்தானியத் தமிழர், [pirittāṉiyat tamiḻar]) are British people of Tamil origin. Immigration of significant numbers of Tamils...
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html Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine "UK Tamils Forum Index Page". British Tamils Forum. Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved...
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and Conservative Parties. It consists of Tamil organizations across the world. British Tamils Forum British Tamil Association "About GTF". Archived from...
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This is a list of notable Tamils of Sri Lanka by their country of domicile or origin. All communities that speak (or spoke) Tamil and originally came from...
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were killed in the civil war, of which many were Sri Lankan Tamils. 800,000 Sri Lankan Tamils also left Sri Lanka for various destinations, including Europe...
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Sri Lankan Tamils (Tamil: இலங்கை தமிழர், ilankai tamiḻar or ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to...
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There is a small community of Tamils in Pakistan. Some Tamils migrated from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and settled in Karachi after independence...
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Sinhalese who are closely related to Indian Tamils. Kshatriya found that the genetic makeup of Sri Lankan Tamils shows an overlap of about 55.2% (± 9.47%)...
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Tumor Foundation, American charity British Tamils Forum British Thyroid Foundation British Transport Films British Triathlon Federation, the national...
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Hinduism in Sri Lanka (category Sri Lankan Tamil culture)
indentured labourers brought by the British). Hinduism predominates in the Northern and Eastern Provinces (where Tamils remain the largest demographic),...
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identity: The Tamils of Sri Lanka, p.45 Indrapala, K The Evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils of Sri Lanka, p.389 Ragupathy, Tamil Social Formation...
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Tamil Sri Lankan Tamils in Indian cinema V., Sen (2016). "Tamils: Population in Canada". tamilculture. "Britain urged to protect Tamil Diaspora". BBC News...
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Paraiyar (redirect from Tamil sambavars)
the government to record the community members under the name Aboriginal Tamils. He later suggested Dravidian as an alternative term, and formed the Dhraavidar...
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Sinhala Only Act (category Tamil genocide)
country's population. Tamil was the first language of Ceylon's three largest minority ethnic groups, the Indian Tamils, Sri Lankan Tamils and Moors, who together...
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Sinhalese majority and half to the minority communities: Ceylon Tamils, Indian Tamils, Muslims and others. After Sri Lanka achieved independence in 1948...
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country. In the 2013 New Zealand census, there were 303 Indian Tamils and 732 Sri Lankan Tamils who were usually residents. Brannavan Gnanalingam - Novelist...
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Black July (redirect from 1983 anti-Tamil riots)
English-speaking Tamils to the civil service and other professions on a merit basis. By 1956, 50% of clerical jobs were held by Tamils, although they were...
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Lankan Tamils in the Sri Lankan Civil War. It has issued a number of statements calling for an end to Sri Lankan government violence against Tamils, the...
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Sri Lankan Vellalar (redirect from Sri Lankan Tamil Vellalar)
have contributed among the political elites of the Sri Lankan Tamils. Many of the Tamil Mudaliyars, a high colonial rank, were drawn from the Vellalar...
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establish Tamil Eelam, a secular and democratic socialist state which many Tamils aimed to create in the North-East of Sri Lanka. The TGTE has been called...
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the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In fact, the TULF represented an older, more conservative generation of Tamils that felt independence could...
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The Tamil National People's Front (TNPF) is a Sri Lankan political alliance which represents the Sri Lankan Tamil ethnic minority in the country. It was...
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Sri Lankan Civil War (redirect from Sri Lankan Tamil Dramas)
Tamils from working in the Ceylon Civil Service and other public services. The Tamil-speaking minorities of Ceylon (Sri Lankan Tamils, Indian Tamils and...
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"Disgruntled Tamil elements form a new alliance to divides Tamils further". Asian Tribune. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 August 2020. "Two Factions in Tamil Politics:...
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Jaffna kingdom (category Articles containing Tamil-language text)
Xavier S. Thani (1959). Tamil Culture. Academy of Tamil Culture. p. 109. Ramaswamy, Vijaya (2017). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Rowman & Littlefield...
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Burning of Jaffna Public Library (category Articles containing Tamil-language text)
the minority Tamils who during the colonial period enjoyed a disproportionately large share of available opportunities. As a response, Tamils too began to...
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The Tamil Eelam National Football Team (Tamil: தமிழீழத் தேசிய உதைபந்தாட்ட அணி) a representative football team for Tamil Eelam. The team, which consists...
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[citation needed] This is the first time Indian Tamils have taken over as the majority over the Sri Lankan Tamils in a foreign country other than the United...
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Lankan Tamil diaspora groups to be affiliated to LTTE. These organizations include British Tamils Forum (BTF), Global Tamil Forum (GTF) and Tamil Youth...
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