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The Tamil Tigers (the LTTE or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), a Tamil terrorist group, has been engaged in a violent secession movement against the Sri Lankan government since the 1970s. Amongst other methods of violence, they have used suicide bombings, most notably in the murder of former Indian Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]].
 
The Tamil Tigers (the LTTE or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), a Tamil terrorist group, has been engaged in a violent secession movement against the Sri Lankan government since the 1970s. Amongst other methods of violence, they have used suicide bombings, most notably in the murder of former Indian Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]].
  
The Tamil language is perhaps one of the most ancient in the world, sharing certain linguistic and structural similarities with [[Sanskrit]], although these are not profound. The unique verbal conjugations in Tamil are said to be relatively irregular, as cited by renowned Tamil scholar Vignesh Ramachandran. For example, the verbs kundi and mutthuram often have several forms for each voice, tense and mood.
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The Tamil language is perhaps one of the most ancient in the world, sharing certain linguistic and structural similarities with [[Sanskrit]], although these are not profound. The unique verbal conjugations in Tamil are said to be relatively irregular, as cited by renowned Tamil scholars Vignesh Ramachandran and Abhishek Sekhar. For example, the verbs kundi and mutthuram often have several forms for each voice, tense and mood.

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Tamils are people of southern India and northern Sri Lanka speaking the language of Tamil.

The Tamil Tigers (the LTTE or Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), a Tamil terrorist group, has been engaged in a violent secession movement against the Sri Lankan government since the 1970s. Amongst other methods of violence, they have used suicide bombings, most notably in the murder of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The Tamil language is perhaps one of the most ancient in the world, sharing certain linguistic and structural similarities with Sanskrit, although these are not profound. The unique verbal conjugations in Tamil are said to be relatively irregular, as cited by renowned Tamil scholars Vignesh Ramachandran and Abhishek Sekhar. For example, the verbs kundi and mutthuram often have several forms for each voice, tense and mood.