Tamilarasan (also romanized as Thamilarasan, Thamizharasan, Tamizharasan), along with Pulavar Kaliyaperumal (according to the magazine Link, he was a relative of Tamilarasan) and Koovagam Ramasamy ("Sundaram", "Anbazhagan"/"Anbalagan" [I'm not sure if Anbalagan was another one, like the one killed with Tamilarasan]) founded Tamil Nadu Viduthalai Padai (Tamil Nadu Liberation Army), also (mistakenly?) called Tamilar Viduthai Padai (Tamil Liberation Army).
Founders were members of the original CPI (M-L). A source notes that Talimarasan split from Naxalites in 1975, however I don't know if is it a fact, or bad journalism case. Another source claims that Tamilarasan was influenced from Tamil nationalism in prison, during '70s. Seems like during the reorganization process of the Naxalite movement, they were also members of the CPI (M-L) (PW). Founders were released from prison in 1983, however in the early '80s PWG's existence had received great damage in Tamil Nadu, and from its leftovers Tamil Nadu Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (also called Marxist Communist Party of Tamil Nadu) was founded (in May 1984?). Tamilarasan has a work from 1985, but if it wasn't butchered by robot translation, there is no mention about split and it's purely a historical-theoretical review.
The group did its initial military actions in 1986. One of their famous acts from this period was blowing up a railroad bridge, which unexpectedly resulted with 20+ deaths after a train arriving to bridge.
Tamilarasan was lynched to death on September 1, 1987. Tamilarasan and his friends were armed with AK-47s, so they could easily fire at their lynchers, but they didn't. Some sources claim that those who lynched them were civilian polices-agents who were dressed like peasants, but I'm not sure about this, and seems like a fantasy. Another, more likely source records that they shot a manager of the bank during robbery, which caused uproar and led peasants lynching them.
After his death "Lenin" (Dheivasigamani) led the group, and mostly under his leadership TNLA rose to a capable guerrilla group, but eventually he too died on March 29, 1994 with a bomb explosion.
Initially after "Lenin"s death, due to factional struggles, TNLA split into two: Koovagam Ramasamy led faction and Suba Ilavasaran led faction. Ilavasaran group later murdered Ramasamy, I think after his death Maran took the leadership of main TNLA group, he is in prison. So TNLA group is dead at this point.
Ilavasaran's group later became Tamizhar Viduthalai Iyakkam (also romanized Tamilar Viduthalai Iyakkam, TVI, Tamil Liberation Movement). Today Ilavasaran leads Tamizhar Neethi Katchi (also romanized Tamilar Neethi Katchi, Tamil Justice Party).
Ponparappi Rajendran founded Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Padai (Tamil People's Liberation Army) as a splinter of TNLA (my guess was it being splitting in '90s, after "Lenin"s death, however according to a source it was after Tamilarasan's death, in opposition to robberies like that which resulted with Tamilarasan's life). Either after him Rajaram led the group, who himself was killed in 2003, or Rajaram was a leading cadre, but not the leader, so with his death TPLA suffered an unrepairable blow which resulted with its existence virtually ceasing. Thus TPLA too doesn't exist today.
TNRT is a dilemma for me. I thought it was more of a proxy of the LTTE, but a source claims that Aruppukottai Ravichandran founded the TNRT as a splinter group from the TNLA during Tamilarasan's lifetime. However this source's continuing series has some obvious problems, so I'm not certain with it.
It was a regional mini group, like many in India.
Tamilarasan (also romanized as Thamilarasan, Thamizharasan, Tamizharasan), along with Pulavar Kaliyaperumal (according to the magazine Link, he was a relative of Tamilarasan) and Koovagam Ramasamy ("Sundaram", "Anbazhagan"/"Anbalagan" [I'm not sure if Anbalagan was another one, like the one killed with Tamilarasan]) founded Tamil Nadu Viduthalai Padai (Tamil Nadu Liberation Army), also (mistakenly?) called Tamilar Viduthai Padai (Tamil Liberation Army).
Founders were members of the original CPI (M-L). A source notes that Talimarasan split from Naxalites in 1975, however I don't know if is it a fact, or bad journalism case. Another source claims that Tamilarasan was influenced from Tamil nationalism in prison, during '70s. Seems like during the reorganization process of the Naxalite movement, they were also members of the CPI (M-L) (PW). Founders were released from prison in 1983, however in the early '80s PWG's existence had received great damage in Tamil Nadu, and from its leftovers Tamil Nadu Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) (also called Marxist Communist Party of Tamil Nadu) was founded (in May 1984?). Tamilarasan has a work from 1985, but if it wasn't butchered by robot translation, there is no mention about split and it's purely a historical-theoretical review.
The group did its initial military actions in 1986. One of their famous acts from this period was blowing up a railroad bridge, which unexpectedly resulted with 20+ deaths after a train arriving to bridge.
Tamilarasan was lynched to death on September 1, 1987. Tamilarasan and his friends were armed with AK-47s, so they could easily fire at their lynchers, but they didn't. Some sources claim that those who lynched them were civilian polices-agents who were dressed like peasants, but I'm not sure about this, and seems like a fantasy. Another, more likely source records that they shot a manager of the bank during robbery, which caused uproar and led peasants lynching them.
After his death "Lenin" (Dheivasigamani) led the group, and mostly under his leadership TNLA rose to a capable guerrilla group, but eventually he too died on March 29, 1994 with a bomb explosion.
Initially after "Lenin"s death, due to factional struggles, TNLA split into two: Koovagam Ramasamy led faction and Suba Ilavasaran led faction. Ilavasaran group later murdered Ramasamy, I think after his death Maran took the leadership of main TNLA group, he is in prison. So TNLA group is dead at this point.
Ilavasaran's group later became Tamizhar Viduthalai Iyakkam (also romanized Tamilar Viduthalai Iyakkam, TVI, Tamil Liberation Movement). Today Ilavasaran leads Tamizhar Neethi Katchi (also romanized Tamilar Neethi Katchi, Tamil Justice Party).
Ponparappi Rajendran founded Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Padai (Tamil People's Liberation Army) as a splinter of TNLA (my guess was it being splitting in '90s, after "Lenin"s death, however according to a source it was after Tamilarasan's death, in opposition to robberies like that which resulted with Tamilarasan's life). Either after him Rajaram led the group, who himself was killed in 2003, or Rajaram was a leading cadre, but not the leader, so with his death TPLA suffered an unrepairable blow which resulted with its existence virtually ceasing. Thus TPLA too doesn't exist today.
TNRT is a dilemma for me. I thought it was more of a proxy of the LTTE, but a source claims that Aruppukottai Ravichandran founded the TNRT as a splinter group from the TNLA during Tamilarasan's lifetime. However this source's continuing series has some obvious problems, so I'm not certain with it.