Jaffna University students commemorate Black Tigers Day

by Sharmini
Jul 8, 2024

Students at the University of Jaffna held a remembrance event in secret to mark Black Tigers Day last Friday. 

On July 5, Eelam Tamils across the world remember and mourn the sacrifices made by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) elite women and men, the Black Tigers. “Karumpuli Naal” marks the sacrifice made by the first Black Tiger, Captain Miller, or Vallipuram Vasanthan.

In 2008 the LTTE declared that 356 Black Tigers had laid down their lives, 254 of them in sea operations since Captain Miller's attack. It is not yet known how many sacrificed their lives during the final phases of the war.

Read more in our feature: Remembering the Black Tigers. 

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