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With over 64,000 votes cast, over 99% voted in favour of an independent and separate state of Tamil Eelam.īritish Tamils were asked if they endorsed the principles contained in the Vadukkoddai Resolution that was first put to a democratic mandate in 1977. The British Tamil Diaspora overwhelmingly endorsed the principle of Tamil Eelam in two days of polling this weekend.
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