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'''Annamalai Varadaraja Perumal''' is a politician from [[Sri Lanka]]. He was the [[List of Chief Ministers of North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|1st and only]] [[Chief Minister of North Eastern Province|Chief minister]] of the [[North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|North Eastern Province]], Sri Lanka.<ref name="HasbullahMorrison2004">{{cite book|author1=S. H. Hasbullah|author2=Barrie M. Morrison|title=Sri Lankan Society in an Era of Globalization: Struggling To Create A New Social Order|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grMjo9Opu14C&pg=PA47|year=2004|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3221-5|page=47}}</ref> He is the founder of [[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]] (Varathar faction).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2014/stories/20030718006713000.htm | title=The killing spree | work=Frontline | date=5 July 2003 | accessdate=5 January 2014 | author=D. B. S. Jeyaraj | author-link= }}</ref>

== Life ==
Varadaraja Perumal was born in Sri Lanka. His father, Annamalai was an Indian Tamil. He graduated from [[University of Jaffna]] in economics. After graduation, he worked in the same University as a lecturer. He was a student activist in [[Tamil United Liberation Front]]. In 1979, he co-founded [[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]] (EPRLF). Initially EPRLF was a radical outfit that had the People's Liberation Army as its military wing, and was headed by [[Douglas Devananda]].<ref name="Ceylon today1">{{cite news | url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/69-36411-news-detail-remembering-the-sacrifices-made-to-protect-13a.html | title=Remembering the sacrifices made to protect 13A | work=Ceylon Today | date=2 July 2013 | accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref> He was arrested for his association with the outfit but he escaped from jail during [[1983 Batticaloa Jailbreak]], along with other inmates.<ref name="Furtado2007">{{cite book|author=Christina S. Furtado|title=Inter-rebel Group Dynamics: Cooperation Or Competition. The Case of South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bRnF9mCzUO4C&pg=PA84|year=2007|publisher=ProQuest|isbn=978-0-549-34002-7|page=84}}</ref> In a discrete attempt to enhance Indian hegemony by the Rajiv Gandhi administration, under the pretext of ending [[Sri Lankan civil war]], the [[Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord]] was signed. Therefore, [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]] and the [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern]] provinces merged into the [[North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|North Eastern Province]]. EPRLF and some [[Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups|other radical groups]] entered into mainstream politics and the [[November 1988 Sri Lankan Provincial Council elections|elections]] were conducted for the newly created provincial council. EPRLF and its allies won the election with the help of [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] (IPKF). Perumal became chief minister on 10 December 1988.<ref name="HasbullahMorrison20041">{{cite book|author1=S. H. Hasbullah|author2=Barrie M. Morrison|title=Sri Lankan Society in an Era of Globalization: Struggling To Create A New Social Order|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=grMjo9Opu14C&pg=PA47|date=30 August 2004|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-0-7619-3221-5|page=47}}</ref>

As the Chief Minister, Perumal created the Citizen Volunteer Force (CVF) which later known as Tamil National Army<ref name="Ceylon today1" /> to enforce law and order in the province. CVF consisted of ex cadres of [[PLOTE]] and [[TELO]], trained by Indian government.<ref name="HasbullahMorrison2004"/> Perumal said that the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) would not be needed in the province.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=71591 | title=An unparalleled folly | work=The Island | date=31 January 2013 | accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref> On 1 March 1990, when India was ready to withdraw their forces, Perumal put forward a 19 point demand list to resolve the conflict and threatened to pass a resolution in the council to [[declaration of independence|declare independence]] for [[Tamil Eelam|Eelam]] if the demands were not met.<ref name="HasbullahMorrison2004" /> After his demand, Sri Lankan government dissolved the provincial council and imposed the direct rule on it.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/64709 | title=Voting in the Northern Provincial Council Tomorrow: A historic Occasion | work=Asian Tribune | date=20 September 2013 | accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref> After the failed attempt, Perumal self-exiled to India.<ref name="HasbullahMorrison2004" /> Perumal opposed [[LTTE]] and its leader [[V. Prabhakaran]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/-39-prabhakaran-has-left-behind-a-fragmented-society-39-109051900002_1.html | title=Prabhakaran has left behind a fragmented society | work=Business Standard | date=19 May 2009 | accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref> LTTE called him as a traitor and tried to kill him.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jan/18ltte.htm | title=LTTE was trying to kidnap Lankan Tamil leader | publisher=Rediff | date=18 January 2008 | accessdate=5 January 2014}}</ref>

==Further reading==
*{{Cite magazine|title=The return of the exile|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30256468.ece|date=30 January 1999|author=D. B. S. Jeyaraj|magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]}}

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.indiacontent.in/varadaraja-perumal-with-daughters/pr-862355/ Varadaraja Perumal] at [[India Today Group]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRlgi9pKr4k Interview With Varadaraja Perumal Former CM, Sri Lanka]. [[Thanthi TV]].

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