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{{short description|1980s nationalist militant group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
'''Tamil Nadu National Retrieval Troops (TNNRT)''' was a short lived Tamil nationalist militant group who had fought to gain independence from India in the 1980s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/terroristoutfits/TNRT.htm|title=Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT)|website=www.satp.org|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> The group wanted to unite a greater Tamil Nadu nation for their people.<ref name=":0"/> Tamil Nadu National Retrieval Troops fought the majority of their conflicts in the 1990s.<ref name=":0" /> This organization was considered to be part of a larger nationalist Tamil Nadu movement. However, the Tamil Nadu Retrieval Troops were never that large; their membership often hovered around 30.<ref name=":0" /> The young men fighting in the Tamil National Retrieval Troops were mostly from the Vanniyar community.<ref name=":0" /> The Tamil Nadu National Retrieval Troops are also known as Tamil Nadu Nadu Retrieval Troops* - this is not another branch but rather another name used by the group.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/TN-bans-pro-LTTE-Tamil-National-Movement/articleshow/18989544.cms|title=TN bans pro-LTTE Tamil National Movement {{!}} India News - Times of India|last=Aug 13|first=PTI {{!}} Updated|last2=2002|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07|last3=Ist|first3=21:25}}</ref>

== History ==
The group was also interested in creating their own area in Tamil Nadu.<ref name=":0" /> The group was founded by P. Ravichandran in the late 1980s.<ref name=":0" /> After the [[assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]], support for Tamil liberation groups decreased steadily. This remained true for years before new Tamil pro-liberation movements, emerged. This was quickly shut down by the then Chief Minister [[Jayalalitha]]. This eventually led to the banning of the TNRT.<ref name=":1" /> In the 1990s its leader Ravichandran was an accused of the murder of [[Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front]] (EPRLF) general secretary and the 1991 Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/tamil-national-retrieval-troops-tnrt|title=Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT)|publisher=www.trackingterrorism.org}}</ref>

== Major events ==
On July 2, 2002, The Tamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT) are included in the [[Prevention of Terrorist Act, India|Prevention of Terrorist Act]] (POTA), 2002. The group is officially considered a terrorist organization by the Indian government.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/banned_org.htm|title=MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS|date=2007-08-12|access-date=2019-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812100010/http://mha.nic.in/banned_org.htm|archive-date=12 August 2007}}</ref>

The Tamil National Retrieval Troops aided Veerappan in the kidnapping of Rajkumar. The TNRT, along with the [[Tamil Nadu Liberation Army]] and Veerappan requested that numerous political demands must be met in order for the hostage to be released.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/crime/story/20000821-fringe-ultra-groups-in-north-tamil-nadu-tutor-veerappan-779679-2000-08-21|title=Fringe ultra groups in north Tamil Nadu tutor Veerappan|last=August 21|first=VAASANTHI|last2=August 21|first2=2000 ISSUE DATE|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07|last3=December 12|first3=2000UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2012 17:56}}</ref> The group held Rajkumar for 108 days before finally letting him go unharmed.<ref name=":0" />

== Linkage ==
'''Veerappan'''- Was a coconspirator in the kidnapping of Rajkumar.<ref name=":2" />

'''Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)''' - a group supported by the Tamil National Retrieval troop that was based in Sri Lanka. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam established the National retrieval troop as a small militant group.<ref name=":0"/> According to Ravichandran, members of the Tamil National Retrieval Troops were instructed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam to annihilate anyone who opposes their objective for a separate nation for the Tamils.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.e.1998.1595|title=Extraordinary Gazette of India, 1998, No. 1595|last=Directorate of Printing|first=Government of India|date=1998-12-16}}</ref> The Tamil Tigers provided training and supplies for the Tamil National retrieval movement in Sri Lanka before sending them into India.

'''Tamil National Liberation Army'''- Some members possibly belonged to this group as well due to the fact that factions were constantly broken up and disbanded so the soldiers of various Tamil Nadu groups moved from group to group varying based on their beliefs and preferred location. Both groups believe that Tamil Nadu should be free and sovereign, and the land should be set aside for those who reside there.<ref name=":3" />

== External links ==
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/Results.aspx?start_yearonly=1970&end_yearonly=2003&start_year=&start_month=&start_day=&end_year=&end_month=&end_day=&country=92&country=186&perpetrator=2443&dtp2=all&success=yes&casualties_type=b&casualties_max=|title=GTD Search Results|website=www.start.umd.edu|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> Global terrorism database for the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Terror outfits}}

[[Category:Organisations designated as terrorist by India]]
[[Category:Organizations designated as terrorist in Asia]]
[[Category:Secessionist organizations in Asia]]
[[Category:1980s establishments in India]]
[[Category:Organizations established in the 1980s]]

Tamil National Retrieval Troops - Revision history

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