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valign="top"> <table width="100%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="65%" valign="top"> <table width="372" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="372"><font face="Times"><font color="navy"><font face="Arial"><font color="#ff0000"> <p><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI28Df01.html "><strong> <br></strong></a></font></font></font></font></font></font><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CH11Df02.html"> Chapter 1: The first teardrops <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CH18Df04.html"><strong>Chapter 2: Beginning of British rule</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/CH25Df02.html"><strong>Chapter 3: Muslim riots and communal rumblings</strong> <br></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI01Df03.html"><strong>Chapter 4: Ceylon National Congress and its intrigues</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI08Df01.html">Chapter 5: Political polarization on communal lines</a></strong><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI15Df03.html"><strong>Chapter 6: Donoughmore - Tamils no more</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI22Df02.html">Chapter 7: State Councils - elections and boycotts<br></a></strong><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CI29Df03.html">Chapter 8: Board of ministers - A Sinhalese ploy <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ06Df01.html"><strong>Chapter 9: British Concordance and concoctions</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ13Df01.html">Chapter 10: Lord Soulbury and his soulless report<br></a></strong><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ20Df03.html">Chapter 11: On the threshold of freedom<br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CJ27Df05.html"><strong> Chapter 12: Tryst with independence</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK03Df05.html">Chapter 13: A nightmarish British legacy <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html"><strong>Chapter 14: Post colonial realignment of political forces</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK17Df01.html">Chapter 15: Turbulence in any language <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK24Df05.html"><strong>Chapter 16: Honorable wounds of war</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html"><strong>Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL08Df04.html"><strong>Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html"><strong>Chapter 19: Anguish and pain</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html">Chapter 20: Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity<br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA05Df05.html"><strong>Chapter 21:  A further lack of perspicuity</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA12Df03.html">Chapter 22: 'Only God Can Save the Tamils' <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA19Df06.html"><strong>Chapter 23: Srimavo's constitutional promiscuity</strong> </a><strong><br></strong><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DA26Df04.html">Chapter 24: Tamil militancy - a manifestation</a></strong> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB02Df03.html">Chapter 25: War or peace?<br></a></strong><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB09Df02.html">Chapter 26: When conflict turns to terror<br></a></strong><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB16Df06.html">Chapter 27: Horsewhip Amirthalingham<br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DB23Df04.html"><strong>Chapter 28: Prelude to eruption</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC02Df02.html"><strong>Chapter 29: Prisoners massacred</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC09Df04.html"><strong>Chapter 30: Whirlpool of violence</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC16Df02.html">Chapter 31: Indira Gandhi - a casualty of terror <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC23Df05.html"><strong>Chapter 32: Limbo between war and peace</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC30Df04.html">Chapter 33: India shows its hand <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DD06Df04.html"><strong>Chapter 34: Accord and its ramifications</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DD13Df02.html"><strong>Chapter 35: Accord turns to discord</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DD20Df03.html"><strong>Chapter 36: Indians rule the roost</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DD27Df01.html"><strong>Chapter 37: Talking peace</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DE04Df03.html">Chapter 38: Badgering for Indian withdrawal <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DE11Df02.html"><strong>Chapter 39: Amirthalingham eliminated</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DE18Df04.html"><strong>Chapter 40: Rohana Wijeweera's killing - still a mystery</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DE25Df01.html"><strong>Chapter 41: Confusion as Indians withdraw</strong> </a> <br><strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF01Df02.html">Chapter 42: Unilateral declaration of Eelam <br></a></strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF08Df01.html"><strong>Chapter 43: Aftermath of the Indian withdrawal</strong> </a> <br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF15Df01.html"><strong>Chapter 44: Eelam war - again</strong> </a><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF22Df04.html"><strong>Chapter 45: War continues with brutality<br></strong></a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DF29Df01.html"><strong>Chapter 46: Rajiv Gandhi's assassination</strong></a><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030618192932/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DG06Df06.html"><font size="2"><strong>Chapter 47: Questions over Gandhi's killing</strong></font></a><font color="#000000"><br><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DG13Df01.html"><font size="2"><strong>Chapter 48: Gandhi's death: Widespread fallout<br></strong></font></a><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DG20Df03.html"><font size="2"><strong>Chapter 49: No confidence in the president</strong></font></a><br><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DG27Df02.html"><font size="2"><strong>Chapter 50: Death of a military hero</strong></font></a><br><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DH03Df02.html "><font size="2"><strong>Chapter 51: Commission fails to contact LTTE</strong></font></a><br><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DH10Df01.html "><font size="2"><strong>Chapter 52: President blamed for killings</strong></font></a><br><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DH17Df01.html "><font size="2"><strong>Chapter 53: The Kilaly massacre</strong></font></a><br><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DH24Df05.html "><font size="2"><strong>Chapter 54: More peace talks</strong></font></a><br><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DH31Df01.html "><strong><font size="2">Chapter 55: Assassination of Athulathmudali</font></strong></a><br><a href="/web/20030618192932/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI07Df01.html "><strong><font size="2">Chapter 56: The execution of Mahattaya</font></strong></a><br><a 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