Dear Prof Ramalingam and Mr Ilanchelian,

The 4th World Tamil Conference that took place in Jaffna which ended prematurely with loss of 11 innocent persons

During this year 1974 I was a 2nd year Medical Student at Colombo Medical School University

The conference office was at No 17 Alfred Place Kolupity Colombo 3

Regularly organisers met at this place during the previous year to make it a success

Mr Ambavanar who am expert Income tax lawyer of Srilanka and the twin brother of Kopay MP Mr Kathiravetpillai was kind enough to to use his office as organising secretariate

I was lucky to get a free accommodation in this office for the 5 years of medical studies Without this help it would have been impossible for me to complete my studies

My Patrician schoolmate was instrumental to get this help through his father who is also a lawyer

Then there was lots of difficulty in getting permission to have the meeting in Jaffna Government wanted to have it in Colombo

Finally it took place in Jaffna

On the final day while an Tamil Nadu spear was addressing the police fired in the air to disperse the gathering I understood the speaker did not obtain the visa to come for this conference Consequently the electricity wires which was fired was caused the death of the 11 lives

Subsequently the Tamil Research conferences was continued in different countries and this time in 2023 September the 16th conference is going to take place in Mauritius

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