Tamil Nadu Timeline

Colombo

3 events, 1948 to 2013.

  1. 1948

    1. 15 Nov 1948Diplomacy

      Ceylon Citizenship Act leaves Indian Tamils stateless

      Passed soon after Ceylon became independent, a citizenship law shut out most Indian Tamil plantation workers, descendants of migrants from the Madras Presidency.

  2. 1987

    1. 29 Jul 1987Diplomacy

      Indo-Sri Lanka Accord signed

      An accord between India and Sri Lanka on the Tamil issue led to the dispatch of the Indian Peace Keeping Force to the island.

  3. 2013

    1. 15 Nov 2013Diplomacy

      India's Prime Minister skips CHOGM in Colombo after Tamil Nadu pressure

      After a unanimous Tamil Nadu Assembly resolution, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stayed away from the Commonwealth summit in Colombo.