"To us all towns are one, all men our kin. Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill Man's pains and pains' relief are from within. Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !." - Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C
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TAMIL EELAM STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM
Selected Texts
1947 Ceylon Constitution Order in Council 1951 Resolution of the All-Ceylon Buddhist Congress 1956 Official Language (‘Sinhala Only’) Act 1956 Position Statement of the Federal Party 1957 Bandaranaike - Chelvanayakam Pact 1958 Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Act 1965 Senanayake - Chelvanayakam Pact 1966 Tamil Language (Special Provisions) Regulation 1968 District Councils White Paper 1972 Republican Constitution 1975 Statement by S.J.V.Chelvanayakam Q.C. 1976 Vaddukoddai Resolution 1977 Manifesto of Tamil United Liberation Front 1978 Second Republican Constitution 1979 Prevention of Terrorism Act 1980 District Development Councils Act 1983 Sixth amendment to the Constitution 1983 Annexure C Proposals 1984 All Party Conference - Sri Lanka Proposals 1985 Thimpu Principles 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord 1987 13th Amendment to Constitution 1989 IPKF Withdrawal - Joint Communiques 1992 Parliamentary Select Committee Interim Report 1993 Parliamentary Select Committee ‘Option Paper’ 1994-95 Correspondence between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam 1995 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement 1995 Devolution proposals 1995 Statement on Devolution of the Catholic Clergy and Buddhist Sangha 1996 Legal draft of devolution proposals 1997 Chandrika - Ranil - Liam Fox Agreement 1997 Sinhala Commission - Interim Report 1997 The Draft Constitution 1998 Emergency (Proscribing of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) Regulations 1998 United National Party Response to Draft Constitution 2000 Sri Lanka Constitution Bill 2001 Manifesto of Tamil National Alliance 2002 Norwegian Sponsored Ceasefire Agreement 2004 LTTE Proposal - Interim Self Governing Authority 2005 P-TOMS Agreement