Eelam War I
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Eelam War I was the initial large-scale armed conflict between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil militant groups, notably the LTTE, that marked the beginning of the protracted Sri Lankan Civil War.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eelam War I canonical | 3 |
| First Eelam War | 1 |
| Phase I of the Sri Lankan Civil War | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Eelam War I Context triple: [Sri Lankan Civil War, majorPhase, Eelam War I]
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Sri Lankan Civil War
The Sri Lankan Civil War was a protracted armed conflict from 1983 to 2009 between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), primarily over demands for an independent Tamil state in the island’s north and east.
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B.
Kandyan Wars
The Kandyan Wars were a series of early 19th-century military campaigns in Sri Lanka in which the British Empire ultimately defeated and annexed the independent Kingdom of Kandy, bringing the entire island under colonial rule.
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C.
War of Attrition
The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
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Easter Offensive
The Easter Offensive was a major 1972 North Vietnamese conventional military campaign against South Vietnam and U.S. forces, marked by large-scale armored assaults and intense fighting across multiple fronts.
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E.
Black September conflict
The Black September conflict was a violent confrontation in 1970–1971 between the Jordanian government and Palestinian armed organizations that reshaped the Palestinian resistance movement and regional politics in the Middle East.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eelam War I Target entity description: Eelam War I was the initial large-scale armed conflict between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil militant groups, notably the LTTE, that marked the beginning of the protracted Sri Lankan Civil War.
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A.
Sri Lankan Civil War
The Sri Lankan Civil War was a protracted armed conflict from 1983 to 2009 between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), primarily over demands for an independent Tamil state in the island’s north and east.
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B.
Kandyan Wars
The Kandyan Wars were a series of early 19th-century military campaigns in Sri Lanka in which the British Empire ultimately defeated and annexed the independent Kingdom of Kandy, bringing the entire island under colonial rule.
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C.
War of Attrition
The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
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D.
Easter Offensive
The Easter Offensive was a major 1972 North Vietnamese conventional military campaign against South Vietnam and U.S. forces, marked by large-scale armored assaults and intense fighting across multiple fronts.
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E.
Black September conflict
The Black September conflict was a violent confrontation in 1970–1971 between the Jordanian government and Palestinian armed organizations that reshaped the Palestinian resistance movement and regional politics in the Middle East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed conflict
ⓘ
phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eelam War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First Eelam War
Eelam War I ⓘ
surface form:
Phase I of the Sri Lankan Civil War
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| characterizedBy |
counterinsurgency operations
ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ terrorist attacks ⓘ |
| conflictInvolving |
Government of Sri Lanka
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IPKF ⓘ Indian Peace Keeping Force ⓘ Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
surface form:
LTTE
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ Sri Lanka Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Sri Lankan Armed Forces
Tamil militant groups ⓘ |
| endDate | 1987-07-29 ⓘ |
| endYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Eelam War II ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Black July anti-Tamil pogrom
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Tamil demands for autonomy and separate state of Tamil Eelam ⓘ ethnic tensions between Sinhalese and Tamil communities in Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| impact |
escalation of ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka
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human rights abuses ⓘ large-scale displacement of Tamil civilians ⓘ |
| location |
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| partOf | Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Black July ⓘ |
| primaryBelligerent |
EPRLF
ⓘ
Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front ⓘ PLOTE ⓘ Eelam People’s Revolutionary Liberation Front ⓘ
surface form:
People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam
TELO ⓘ Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism
ⓘ
Tamil Eelam ⓘ |
| result |
Indo-Sri Lanka Accord
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deployment of Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka ⓘ temporary cessation of large-scale hostilities in 1987 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
1983 Black July riots
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Sri Lankan military offensives in the North and East ⓘ attacks on Sri Lankan security forces by LTTE ⓘ military operations in Jaffna Peninsula ⓘ |
| startDate | 1983-07-23 ⓘ |
| startYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
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Subject: Eelam War I Description of subject: Eelam War I was the initial large-scale armed conflict between the Sri Lankan government and Tamil militant groups, notably the LTTE, that marked the beginning of the protracted Sri Lankan Civil War.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
First Eelam War
this entity surface form:
Phase I of the Sri Lankan Civil War