Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students (EROS) was founded on January 3, 1975, at Wandsworth, London, in the residence of Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy. It was led by a unified command of three persons: Ratnasabapathy, Shankar Rajee and Velupillai Balakumar. EROS through its contacts with PLO sent many people including one Arul Pragasam who became a leader of EROS to be trained in guerilla tactics in Lebanon.
It was later alleged that it was George Habash's PFLP not the PLO that trained the early batch of Tamil militants from Sri Lanka. He contested the parliamentary elections in 1989 and was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament along with nine other members of EROS, but later resigned.[3][4]
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In a tribute to Mr. Ratnasabapathy, the Tamil Information Center (TIC) in London said:
Friends and colleagues describe him as a person steeped in communist ideals and as a visionary leader who campaigned resolutely throughout the major part of his life. Many members of the various Tamil militant groups regard him as a pioneer in the Tamil struggle for equality and justice and look upon him with great respect.
eliyathamby, ratnasabapathy, november, 1938, december, 2006, founder, member, eelam, revolutionary, organization, students, tamil, militant, group, from, lanka, noted, marxist, leninist, political, leader, contents, biography, political, career, reactions, als. Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy November 3 1938 December 12 2006 was one of the founder member of the Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students a Tamil militant group from Sri Lanka and a noted Marxist Leninist political leader 1 2 Contents 1 Biography and political career 2 Reactions 3 See also 4 ReferencesBiography and political career editHe was born in a small town called Inuvil in the Jaffna peninsula in the minority Sri Lankan Tamil dominated north of Sri Lanka He migrated to the United Kingdom when Sri Lanka was in the midst of its early stages of its ethnic conflict Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students EROS was founded on January 3 1975 at Wandsworth London in the residence of Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy It was led by a unified command of three persons Ratnasabapathy Shankar Rajee and Velupillai Balakumar EROS through its contacts with PLO sent many people including one Arul Pragasam who became a leader of EROS to be trained in guerilla tactics in Lebanon It was later alleged that it was George Habash s PFLP not the PLO that trained the early batch of Tamil militants from Sri Lanka He contested the parliamentary elections in 1989 and was elected to the Sri Lankan Parliament along with nine other members of EROS but later resigned 3 4 Reactions editIn a tribute to Mr Ratnasabapathy the Tamil Information Center TIC in London said Friends and colleagues describe him as a person steeped in communist ideals and as a visionary leader who campaigned resolutely throughout the major part of his life Many members of the various Tamil militant groups regard him as a pioneer in the Tamil struggle for equality and justice and look upon him with great respect See also editSri Lankan civil war Human Rights in Sri Lanka State terrorism in Sri Lanka Black July pogromReferences edit MIPT terrorism database SRI LANKA THE UNTOLD STORY Chapter 30 Whirlpool of violence EROS founder dies By Tamilnet com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy amp oldid 1165318089, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
