A precursor to this conflict was the Gal Oya Riots
A precursor to this conflict was the Gal Oya Riots of 1956, which was a reaction to the OfficialLanguage Act No. 33. Early in this conflict, one side massacred over 60 settlers at the Kent and DollarFarms. An ambush on a military patrol using the call sign Four Four Bravo set off a series of pogromsknown as Black July at the outset of this conflict. In 1998, this conflict involved a bombing at a templecontaining the Buddha's tooth. A suicide bomber from one side in this conflict assassinated Rajiv Gandhibecause of India's involvement trying to end this conflict. For 10 points, name this 1983 to 2009 conflictbetween government forces and a group desiring the independent state of Eelam, the Tamil Tigers.
A precursor to this conflict was the Gal Oya Riots of 1956, which was a reaction to the OfficialLanguage Act
Sri Lankan Civil War [accept answers relating to strife in Sri Lanka; accept answers involving Tamil Tigers, Tamil independence, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE before "Tamil Tigers"]