Event
Black July, 1983
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- What
- Anti-Tamil violence across Sri Lanka in July 1983; the death toll is disputed, with government figures in the hundreds and activists pointing to thousands
Connections (3)
- Thirunelvely ambush, 23 July 1983 / Said to have triggered / Black July, 1983
- The column says the killing of the 13 soldiers triggered the anti-Tamil pogrom of Black July. It adds that Tamil youths then joined militant groups in large numbers, India trained and armed these groups, and the LTTE became the dominant Tamil group.21 May 2025 · Daily FT · From Valvettithurai to Nandhikkadal: Rise and fall of LTTE
- Black July, 1983 / Seen by its authors as setting the stage for / The Sri Lankan civil war, 1983 to 2009
- In an opinion piece by two authors from People for Equality and Relief in Lanka, who say the views are their own, Sinhalese mobs are said to have killed Tamils, destroyed Tamil businesses and displaced tens of thousands in July 1983. They argue the state’s Sinhala-Buddhist nationalist foundations, reinforced after Black July, set the stage for the 30-year armed conflict. Government figures put the Tamil dead at several hundred; activists argue the evidence points to thousands.29 Jul 2023 · Al Jazeera · For Sri Lankan Tamils, the Black July pogroms live on, 40 years later
- Black July, 1983 / Followed by the group becoming the dominant Tamil militant force / Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)