It was this development that made way for the development of the Tamil political organization called the All Ceylon Tamil Congress headed by G. As a result, the Tamils started to develop communal consciousness and began to think of themselves as needing to be represented by Tamil leadership. British Governor William Manning, who arrived in Ceylon in 1919, created a reformed legislative council in 1921 and actively encouraged communal thinking in the legislative council. The United Kingdom gained control of the small island of Sri Lanka, in 1815 and administratively unified the island with a legislative council in 1833 with three Europeans and one each for Sinhalese, Sri Lankan Tamils and Burghers. The name is derived from the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka, Eelam. Tamil Eelam has no official status or recognition by any other state or authority.

Tamil Eelam (Tamil: а®¤а®®а®їа®ґаЇЂа®ґа®®аЇЌ, tamiбё» Д«бё»am, generally rendered outside Tamil-speaking areas as а®¤а®®а®їа®ґаЇЌ а®€а®ґа®®аЇЌ,Sinhala: а¶Їа·™а¶ёа¶Ѕ а¶Ља¶Ѕа·Џа¶ёа·Љ, demaбё»a Д«бё»aam, as referred to in the south)is the name given by certain Tamil groups in Sri Lanka and the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora to the state which they aspire to create in the north and east of Sri Lanka.

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