On the occasion of Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister CJoseph Vijayon Monday expressed solidarity with the global Tamil diaspora, pledging his administration's continued support for their rights.
In a social media post on 'X', the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief wrote: "Let us hold the memories of Mullivaikkal in our hearts. We will always stand by the rights of our Tamil kindred living across the seas."
LTTE, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, had run a military campaign for a separate Tamil homeland in the northern and eastern provinces of the island nation for nearly 30 years before its collapse in May 2009 after the Sri Lankan Army killed its supreme leader V Prabhakaran.
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On May 18, 2009, LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was shot dead, bringing an end to the nearly three-decade-long Sri Lankan Civil War with a bloody conclusion in Mullivaikkal, a small coastal village in Mullaitivu district. The day is observed annually by Sri Lankan Tamils worldwide as Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day.
According to United Nations estimates, between 40,000 and 70,000 Tamil civilians lost their lives in the final stages, transforming Mullivaikkal into a universal symbol of wartime atrocities and civilian suffering.
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