The planned Indian invasion of Sri Lanka in 1986
To teach Colombo “a lesson” for its pro-West foreign policy
Following is an extraction from the book titled ‘Tigers of Lanka: From Boys to Guerrillas” by the Indian journalist M. R. Narayan Swamy ISBN 81-220-0386-9
The Indian government had its own reasons for training the Tamils. Sources in all Tamil groups now assert that India was never serious about Ealam and gave then training and arms only to teach Colombo “a lesson” for its pro-West foreign policy. At the most New Delhi would have wanted the Tamils to secure limited autonomy. But it was widely rumored then-both in Sri Lanka and India-that...
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