<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Sri Lankan Civil War ශ්‍රී ලාංකික සිවිල් යුද්ධය இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர் </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> The area of Sri Lanka claimed by the LTTE as Tamil Eelam , where the vast majority of the fighting took place </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 23 July 1983 -- 18 May 2009 ( 25 years , 9 months , 3 weeks and 4 days ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Sri Lanka </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Sri Lankan government victory </Li> <Li> Rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam militarily defeated </Li> <Li> Sri Lankan government reestablishes control over entire island </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> Government regains total control of former LTTE - controlled areas in the North and East of the country . </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Sri Lanka </P> Indian Peace Keeping Force ( 1987 -- 1990 ) </Td> <Td> Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> J.R. Jayawardene ( 1983 -- 1989 ) Ranasinghe Premadasa † ( 1989 -- 1993 ) D.B. Wijetunga ( 1993 -- 1994 ) Chandrika Kumaratunga ( 1994 -- 2005 ) Mahinda Rajapaksa ( 2005 -- 2009 ) </P> R. Venkataraman ( 1987 -- 1989 ) Rajiv Gandhi ( 1987 -- 1989 ) † </Td> <Td> V. Prabhakaran † ( 1983 -- 2009 ) Balraj Karuna Amman ( 1983 -- 2004 ) KP Mahattaya Pottu Amman Shankar † Soosai † </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Sri Lanka Armed Forces : 95,000 ( 2001 ) 118,000 ( 2002 ) 158,000 ( 2003 ) 151,000 ( 2004 ) 111,000 ( 2005 ) 150,900 ( 2006 ) 210,000 ( 2008 ) </P> Indian Peace Keeping Force : 100,000 ( peak ) </Td> <Td> Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( excluding Auxiliary forces ) : 6,000 ( 2001 ) 7,000 ( 2003 18,000 ( 2004 ) ) 11,000 ( 2005 ) 8,000 ( 2006 ) 7,000 ( 2007 ) ( including Auxiliary forces ) : 25,000 ( 2006 ) 30,000 ( 2008 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> 23,327 + killed 60,000 + wounded ( Sri Lankan military and police ) </P> 1,200 killed ( Indian Peace Keeping Force ) </Td> <Td> 27,000 + killed 11,644 captured </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 100,000 + killed overall ( estimate ) 800,000 displaced at peak in 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> 16 May 2009 : Sri Lankan Government declared a military defeat of LTTE . 17 May 2009 : LTTE admit defeat by Sri Lankan Government . 19 May 2009 : President Mahinda Rajapaksa officially declares end of civil war in parliament . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the sri lankan civil war begin and end
23 July 1983 18 May 2009