<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards . You can help . The discussion page may contain suggestions . (October 2017) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may need to be rewritten entirely to comply with Wikipedia's quality standards . You can help . The discussion page may contain suggestions . (October 2017) </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Sri Lankan Civil War ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සිවිල් යුද්ධය இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர் </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The area of Sri Lanka claimed by the LTTE as Tamil Eelam, where the vast majority of the fighting took place </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 23 July 1983--18 May 2009 (25 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 4 days) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Sri Lankan government victory </Li> <Li> Rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militarily defeated </Li> <Li> Sri Lankan government reestablishes control over entire island </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Government regains total control of former LTTE - controlled areas in the North and East of the country . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Sri Lanka </P> Indian Peace Keeping Force (1987--1990) </Td> <Td> Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> J.R. Jayawardene (1983--1989) Ranasinghe Premadasa † (1989--1993) D.B. Wijetunga (1993--1994) Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994--2005) Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005--2009) </P> R. Venkataraman (1987--1989) Rajiv Gandhi (1987--1989) † </Td> <Td> V. Prabhakaran † (1983--2009) Balraj Karuna Amman (1983--2004) KP Mahattaya Pottu Amman Shankar † Soosai † </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Sri Lanka Armed Forces: 95,000 (2001) 118,000 (2002) 158,000 (2003) 151,000 (2004) 111,000 (2005) 150,900 (2006) 210,000 (2008) </P> Indian Peace Keeping Force: 100,000 (peak) </Td> <Td> Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (excluding Auxiliary forces): 6,000 (2001) 7,000 (2003) 18,000 (2004) 11,000 (2005) 8,000 (2006) 7,000 (2007) (including Auxiliary forces): 25,000 (2006) 30,000 (2008) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 28,708 killed 40,107 wounded </P> 1,200 killed (Indian Peace Keeping Force) </Td> <Td> 27,000 + killed 11,644 captured </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 100,000 + killed overall (estimate) 800,000 displaced at peak in 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 16 May 2009: Sri Lankan Government declared a military defeat of LTTE . 17 May 2009: LTTE admit defeat by Sri Lankan Government . 19 May 2009: President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially declares end of civil war in parliament . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Sri Lankan Civil War ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සිවිල් යුද්ධය இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர் </Th> </Tr>

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