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tamils dont have a shameful history like sinhalese...what ever you say.

Brief Sinhala Occupation of Parts of Tamil Nadu in the Twelfth Century

3.1. History

Tamil Nadu was divided into three principal kingdoms, namely, Chera Nadu, Chola Nadu and Pandya Nadu, and ruled by Chera, Chola and Pandya kings. (This arrangement goes back to from the very beginning of written Tamil history.) During the reign of Rajathi Raja Cholan II over Chola Nadu (1163 - 1179), there was a quarrel within the Pandyan royal family for the throne of Pandiya Nadu. Both Parakkirama Pandyan and Kulasekhara Pandyan claimed the throne. Local chieftains within Pandya Nadu (who ruled small principalities subservient to the Pandya throne) took sides and a civil war ensued in Pandya Nadu.

Parakkirama Pandyan held the capital city of Madurai and Kulasekhara Pandyan laid siege to it. Instead of keeping the fight within Pandya Nadu or even seeking help from a fellow Tamil king, Parakkirama Pandyan sought help from the Sinhala king Parakramabahu who was ruling the nearby island of Lanka. (Lanka is today called Sri Lanka. British called it Ceylon when it was part of the British Empire. Tamils used to call it Eelam or Ilankai. In recent years 'Tamil Eelam' is used to refer to the historical Tamil homeland in the northern and eastern regions of the island.) Parakramabahu sent an army under the command of a Sinhala general, Lankapura (Lankapuri in Tamil). Before the army reached Pandya Nadu, Kulasekhara Pandyan capture Madurai and killed Parakkirama Pandyan. His son Veera Pandyan fled the capital and went into hiding. By now the Sinhala army landed in Pandya Nadu with orders from King Parakramabahu to defeat Kulasekhara Pandyan and put Veera Pandyan on the throne. The Sinhala army captured the coastal town of Rameshwaram and destroyed much of the famed Hindu temple for Lord Sivan (Lord Siva).

The Sinhala army marched from the coast into the interior of Pandya Nadu. It looted and burned many Tamil villages on the way. In the ensuing battles between the Sinhala army and Kulasekhara Pandyan's army, the latter met with defeat after defeat. Lankapura brought Veera Pandyan from hiding and installed him as the Pandya king in Madurai.

Kulasekhara Pandyan gathered all forces in Padya Nadu loyal to him and waged war again and won a major victory against Lankapura. Veera Pandyan fled Madurai again. Lankan King Parakramabahu sent reinforcements under the command of another Sinhala General, Jagat Vijaya (Jagat Vijayan). The combined forces of Lankapura and Jagat Vijaya defeated Kulasekhara Pandyan. The latter fled to the south (what is now known as Thirunelveli District) and sought help from the Chola King Rajathi Raja Cholan II. Rajathi Rajan sent an army under General Pallavarayan (Pallavarayar) to Pandya Nadu. He fought several battles with the Sinhalese army. Some of the major battles were at Thirukkanapaer, Thondi, Pasipon Amaravathi, Manamerkudi and Manjakudi. In the end Sinhalese army lost and Kulasekhara Pandyan became king of Pandya Nadu.

Furious at reports of the devastation of Pandya Nadu under the Sinhala army (looting and burning of villages, killing of villagers, desecration of the Rameswaram temple), Rajarthiraja Cholan ordered General Pallavarayan to capture and execute General Lankapuri who commanded the Sinhala army in Pandya Nadu. Pallavarayan pursued Lankapuri, captured him and beheaded him. The severed head was hoisted on a spear at the gates of Madurai, the Pandyan capital. Crows and other birds ate the flesh of the head, and the skull remained on display at the gates for months. Thus ended the occupation of Pandya Nadu (about one-third of Tamil Nadu) by the Sinhalese army.

3.2. Lessons to be Learned

At the root of this bloody and shameful episode in Tamil history is the feud within the royal family of the Pandya dynasty. Unable to settle their differences within the family as to who should ascend to the throne, they fight. Then the loser, instead of accepting defeat, seeks help, not from a fellow Tamil king, but from a foreigner (Sinhalese king). He allows for the foreign army to come to Tamil Nadu. The foreign army comes in, puts its puppet on the throne and plunders and loots the Tamil land. The foreign soldiers, who are alien to Tamil culture and have no respect for the Tamil people, brutalize the Tamil people. It took the military might of another Tamil king (the Chola king) to evict the occupying foreign army (the Sinhala army) from Pandiya Nadu. Much blood was shed in this liberation war.

Today's Tamil Nadu politicians should learn a lesson from this bloody episode of internal squabbles, collaboration with foreigners, foreign occupation and suffering of the Tamil people. Internal squabbles should be settled within Tamil Nadu without inviting foreigners to come in. Losers of internal squabbles should accept loss gracefully. If you need allies, ally with other Tamil leaders, not with outsiders. Allying with outsiders and inviting them into Tamil Nadu leads to misery for the Tamil people in the long run. We will discuss this within the context of the 2001 political situation later in the article in more detail. In brief, competition for the throne (chief ministership) between DMK President Muthuvel Karunanidhi and AIADMK General Secretary Jeyaram Jayalalithaa should be settled within Tamil Nadu. Loser in an election should accept defeat gracefully and wait for his/her turn in the next election that should come in 5 years. The loser should not invite foreign rule (dismissal of the elected Tamil Nadu Government and imposition of Presidential rule by a non-Tamil governor whose loyalty is not to the Tamil people but to the Indian Government which is dominated and controlled by Hindians). Ally with Tamil Nadu political parties and not with the so-called All-India parties (be it Congress or BJP or Janata Dal or whatever). These parties take their orders from outside of Tamil Nadu. War between Parakkirama Pandyan and Kulasekhara Pandyan for the Pandya throne and the loser (Parakkirama Pandyan) inviting the foreign Sinhala legions into Tamil Nadu lead to nothing but misery for the Tamil people and plundering of Tamil wealth. Today the same is happening. Taking advantage of the situation, the Hindian dominated Indian Government has quietly made further inroads into education, entertainment and police powers in Tamil Nadu (we will discuss how the Indian Government is using the battle between DMK and AIDMK to make further inroads into state powers in the final section this article.) History is repeating itself.

In the twelfth century, there was a powerful Rajathi Raja Cholan to put and end to the Sinhalese occupation of parts of Tamil Nadu. Is there any one today to end the Hindian (Indian) rule over Tamil Nadu? Is that leader currently in the liberation movement? Is he/she yet to enter the liberation struggle but is working or studying today? Is she/he in college today? In she/he in school today? Is that leader just crawling out of the cradle today? Or, is that leader yet to be born? The Tamil nation of Tamil Nadu waits for that savior to rise up and liberate the Tamil land from the Hindian (Indian) rule!

it is not the neibours send off muslims away...its LTTE.

So, now the junta government is pinning all its hopes on this fellow called Pillian. They did so with Karuna. Karuna excaped.

Lets we forget, it was Pilliyan who master mineded the Sri mahabodi massacre when he was still in LTTE camp.

Remember, tigers never change strips. they may change the jungle.

The junta government would welcom VP with garlands tomorrow if he agrees to join the government.

What a stupid government.

Sri Lankan president and an English dog trainer spoke at the Oxford Union on 13th May 2008.

is that they disregard human rights and kill civilians of other ethnicities by whatever means

The former spoke on how to maim civilians

Feuds within the Dravidian Parties

Ever since M. G. Ramachandran split from DMK to form AIADMK in 1972 because of personal differences with the then DMK chief M. Karunanidi, these two parties contested elections in alliance with All-India parties like the Congress Party, Janata Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These Hindian controlled all-India parties do not recognize Tamil national rights or even the Tamil national identity separate and distinct from the 'Indian-Hindian identity'. Both DMK and AIADMK paid lip service to such pro-Tamil policies like anti-Hindi imposition and devolution of power to states but did absolutely nothing to achieve even these very limited goals except to talk about them when it suited their selfish political agenda. Instead of pressuring their Hindian allies in the Indian Government for at least limited Tamil national rights, it has become a routine exercise for DMK and AIADMK leaders to kiss up to their Hindian allies (such as the Congress Party, Janata Dal and the BJP) to protect themselves from corruption charges, to stay in power in Tamil Nadu State and selfishly enjoy the fruits of power.

DMK and AIADMK leaders are more interested in keeping each other down and taking revenge on each other than in protecting Tamil Nadu from Hindian domination in the spheres of economy, education and culture. During the reign of DMK and AIADMK for the past three and a half decades, Hindian domination in these and other spheres did not decrease but increased multifold. Hindi imposition continued ... Siphoning off of wealth from Tamil Nadu (and many other non-Hindi states) into Hindi states continued. (TAMIL TRIBUNE had published several articles about how wealth from non-Hindi states is transferred to Hindi states. A few samplings of those articles are listed at the end.)

In the contest between DMK and AIADMK for power, whenever one lost in the election, the loser tended to seek help from the Indian Government to interfere on its behalf, over-riding even the very limited state rights offered in the Indian constitution. The total bankruptcy of principles and the utter selfishness of Tamil Nadu political leaders came to forefront in 2001. The personal feud and hatred between DMK chief M. Karunanidhi and AIADMK chief J. Jyalalithaa reached a super critical state in June 2001. Having faired so poorly in the 2001 state assembly elections, and unwilling to bear the victorious Jayalalithaa's furious retaliation and wait for his turn in future elections, Karunanidhi turned to his Hindian friends in the Indian Government. He pleaded with them to virtually take over all state rights thus allowing for and accepting the total supremacy of the Hindian controlled Indian Government over Tamil Nadu. This, coming from Karunanidhi, who paid at least lip service to the rights of Tamil Nadu all these years, was in fact very disappointing. The Hindian politicians in the Indian Government refused to do what he wanted, namely dismiss the AIADMK Government that was elected by the people with an overwhelming majority. Instead, taking this opportunity, the Hindian controlled Indian Government boldly made further inroads into law enforcement, education and culture in Tamil Nadu. In essence, Karunanidhi unwittingly paved the way for more Hindian control of Tamil Nadu, more control than ever before. Even the very limited rights Tamil Nadu enjoyed have been curtailed thanks to Karunanidhi's selfish pleading to the Indian Government for help.

http://www.geocities.com/tamiltribune/01/1201.html