Original: Velupillai Prabhakaran ( ; ; November 26 , 1954 - May 18 , 2009 ) was the founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( the LTTE or the Tamil Tigers ) , a militant organization that sought to create an independent Tamil state in the north and east of Sri Lanka .
Simplified: Velupillai Prabhakaran ( November 26 1954 â '' May 18 2009 ) was the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam . He fought to make an independent state for the Tamil people in the north of Sri Lanka .