 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekurwiswa kwevaTamil muna 1956, 1958 na1977 uye hutsinye hwemapurisa kuvaTamil vairatidzira zviito izvi, mapoka emagandanga akaita seLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE akaumbwa kuchengetedza zvido nekodzero dzevaTamil munyika yavo. Kupiswa kweraibhurari yeJaffna muna 1981 uye Black July muna 1983 pakupedzisira kwakatungamirira kuhondo yemakore anopfuura 25 pakati peboka reuto reSri Lankan neTamil Tigers. Kushandiswa kwamasimba masimba kunopfuurira, kubatanidza kuuraya, kwakatungamirira kuT.T.E. kunzi sangano rinotyisa neIndia, Malaysia, European Union, Canada, uye USA. Hondo yevagari vemo yakaguma muna 2009 nekukundwa kwemauto kweLTTE uye kufa kwemutungamiri wayo, Prabhakaran. Hondo yevagari vemo yeSri Lanka yakatungamirira kurufu rwavanhu vanopfuura 100 000 maererano neSangano Romubatanidzwa Wenyika Dzapasi Pose. Hurumende yeSri Lankan inonzi yakaita mhosva dzehondo kuvanhuwo zvavo vechiTamil vokuSri Lankan mumwedzi yokupedzisira yeHondo yeEelam IVchikamu muna 2009. Chisarudzo chePPT chakachizivisa soutsotsi hwakaitirwa vaTamil vorudzi rumwe norumwe nehurumende yeSri Lanka. Mushure mekupera kweHondo yeVanhu, Tamil National Alliance TNA yakasiya chikumbiro chayo cheTamil Eelam yakazvimiririra ichitsigira kuzvitonga mudunhu reNorth Eastern Province. Pfungwa yeFederalism muSri Lanka inopikiswa neHurumende yeSri Lankan, iyo inofarira nyika yakabatana. 