The correct answer is Option 4 -4 { (B), (D) & (E) only}
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(A) India signed an accord with Sri Lanka: Incorrect. This was the reason they entered Sri Lanka (the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987), not the reason they pulled out unsuccessfully.
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(B) The Indian Army got into a fight with LTTE (Correct): While the IPKF went in to maintain peace, they eventually ended up in a direct, bloody conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the very group they were meant to protect.
- (C) The Indian government wanted to stabilise relations: This was the initial objective of the mission. The question asks why they pulled out without attaining this objective.
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(D) Indian troops were not liked by the Sri Lankans (Correct): The presence of the Indian military caused widespread resentment among the majority Sinhalese population, who saw it as an infringement on their sovereignty.
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(E) Sri Lankan Tamils saw this as interference in internal affairs (Correct): Even the Tamil population, for whose protection the accord was signed, became hostile. They viewed the IPKF’s actions against the LTTE as external interference in their struggle for a separate homeland.
NCERT: ..."But in 1987, the government of India for the first time got directly involved in the Sri Lankan Tamil question. India signed an accord with Sri Lanka and sent troops to stabilise relations between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamils. Eventually, the Indian Army got into a fight with the LTTE. The presence of Indian troops was also not liked much by the Sri Lankans. They saw this as an attempt by India to interfere in the internal affairs of Sri Lanka. In 1989, the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) pulled out of Sri Lanka without attaining its objective." |
