| Type | Daily |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | M. Amirthalingam |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Political alignment | Tamil Nationalist |
| Language | Tamil |
| Ceased publication | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
Eelamurasu was a Tamil language newspaper, which was published between 1984 and 1987. It was known for promoting a Tamil nationalist prospective and a pro-LTTE stance.
The first issues were produced in 1984, published by Myl Amirthalingam, a businessman from Jaffna, who ran as the United National Party candidate at 1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections in the Kayts electorate.[1] In 1986 it was taken over by the LTTE, who then murdered its owner, Amirthalingam, and a senior reporter, I. Shanmugalingam, resulting in a number of the paper's senior journalists fleeing overseas.
In 1987 it was closed down by the Indian Peace Keeping Force with all its copies confiscated, its journalists and workers arrested and its printing machinery destroyed.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
References
- ^ Banerjee, Indrajit; Logan, Stephen, eds. (2008). Asian Communication Handbook 2008. Asian Media Information and Communications Centre. p. 449. ISBN 9789814136105.
- ^ "The never say die spirit of Jaffna media". Sri Lanka Brief. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Bhasin, Avtar Singh (2001). India-Sri Lanka Relations and Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict Documents, 1947–2000. Indian Research Press. p. 2154. ISBN 978-81-87943-18-1. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Seevaratnam, N. (1989). The Tamil National Question and the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord. Konark Publishers. p. 71. ISBN 978-81-220-0138-9. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Kadian, Rajesh (1990). India's Sri Lanka Fiasco: Peace Keepers at War. Vision Books. p. 37. ISBN 978-81-7094-063-0. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Ram, Mohan (1989). Sri Lanka: The Fractured Island. Penguin Books. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-14-010938-2. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Mukarji, Apratim (2000). The War in Sri Lanka: Unending Conflict?. Har-Anand Publications. p. 99. ISBN 978-81-241-0746-1. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Manivannan, Ramu (1988). Shadows of a Long War: Indian Intervention in Sri Lanka. P. Kumar. p. 21. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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