The Tamil Tigers, officially known as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, concentrate operations predominantly in Sri Lanka with the goal of achieving a separate state for the majority Tamil regions located in north and east Sri Lanka.
The Formation Of The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
The island nation of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka gained independence from British rule on February 4, 1948.
A Brief Note On Humankind’s Space Exploration
Humankind’s exploration of space began in the 1950s, with the first satellite, the Russian Sputnik, launched by rocket on October 4, 1957.
Dissolution Of The Soviet Union
In 1989 eastern European countries of the Warsaw Pact, which had been beholden to the Soviet Union since the end of World War II, had their communist governments replaced with noncommunist governments.
The Formation of Somalia – A Republic In Extreme Eastern Africa
Following the end of World War II, the British administered Somalia until 1950, when it was divided, with southern Somalia put under Italian trusteeship and the Ogaden returned to Ethiopia, with the remainder of Somalia, held by the British, prepared for independence.
The Era of Lal Bahadur Shastri – The Second Prime Minister of India
Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian prime minister at the time of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, was born on October 2, 1901, at Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh.
Jawaharlal Nehru – The First Prime Minister of India
Jawaharlal Nehru came from a distinguished Kashmiri Brahmin family. His father, Motilal Nehru (1861–1931), was a successful lawyer who joined the Indian National Congress (INC), becoming its president in 1920.
Indo-Pakistani Wars (Kashmir) – The Unsolved Conflicts
After the departure of the British in August 1947, India and Pakistan became successor states. The partition of the British Indian Empire into India and Pakistan left a legacy of mutual discord that is felt to the present day.
India – The Future of The World
India became an independent nation on August 15, 1947, with the end of British colonial rule. With a population of 1,095,351,995 (July 2006 estimate), India is the second most populous nation after China.
The Era of Rajiv Gandhi In Indian History
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was the seventh prime minister of India, following in the footsteps of both his grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) and his mother, Indira Gandhi (1917–84).
The Legend of Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (November 19, 1917–October 31, 1984) was the third (1966–77) and sixth (1980–84) prime minister of India and the first woman to hold that office. Her legacy is very complex.
The Rise of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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The Story of People’s Republic of Bangladesh
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The Rise of Arms Race/Atomic Weapons
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The History of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
The AIDS epidemic has been considered one of the most important health emergencies in the contemporary world due to the destabilizing social, economic, and political consequences of its global spread and the unsuccessful attempts to develop vaccination against it.
World War II – The Most Destructive War In Human History
The eventful years between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945, form a landmark in world history. From the march of the German war machine into Poland to the Japanese surrender, the world witnessed the most destructive war in human history, fought on land, in the air, and on the sea worldwide.
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