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    Mannar District (Tamil: மன்னார் மாவட்டம் Maṉṉār Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: මන්නාරම දිස්ත්‍රික්කය) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative...
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    The Gulf of Mannar (/məˈnɑːr/ mə-NAR) (Tamil: மண்ணார் வளைகுடா) is a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean with an average...
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    of Sri Lanka, is part of Mannar District, Sri Lanka. It is linked to the main island of Sri Lanka by a causeway and the Mannar Bridge, which carries the...
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    Mannar (Tamil: மன்னார், romanized: Maṉṉār, Sinhala: මන්නාරම, romanized: Mannārama, formerly spelled Manar) is the main town of Mannar District, Northern...
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  • Sri Lanka. The district covers the administrative districts of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya in the Northern province. The district currently elects...
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  • Mannar Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mannar...
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  • Mannar may refer to the following places: Mannar, Alappuzha, a town in Chengannur Taluk, Kerala Mannar District, one of 25 districts in Sri Lanka Mannar...
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    which was the last bastion of Tigers in the Mannar district. This marked the capture of the entire Mannar district by the Army which took eight months. On...
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  • The following is a list of Tamil Hindu temples in Sri Lanka. Sri muthumari Amman thirukkovil, ayojanagama, kandy Sri Muthumari Amman Kovil, Mahaiyawa.Kandy...
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  • Sri Lanka. It covers the entirety of Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya Districts, and most of Kilinochchi District. It has an area of approximately 7,650...
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    District, together with Jaffna District and Mannar District, formed the new Northern Province. Vanni District was later renamed Mullaitivu District and...
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    Adam's Bridge (category Landforms of Mannar District)
    Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests...
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    killed and the two younger sons were injured. P. S. Soosaithasan, M. P. for Mannar, claimed that the motive was not communal as the family had lived in the...
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  • Giant's Tank (category Bodies of water of Mannar District)
    irrigation tank in northern Sri Lanka, approximately 10 mi (16 km) south east of Mannar. Some historians have speculated that Giant's Tank is the same as the Mahanama...
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  • Mannar Hospital is a government hospital in Mannar, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in Mannar District and is controlled by the provincial government...
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  • was the last bastion of Tigers in the Mannar district. This marked the liberation of the entire Mannar district by the Army which took eight months. Silawaturai:...
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    Provincial Council elections were held on 19 November 1988 to elect members to Sri Lanka’s North Eastern Provincial Council. The Indo-Lanka Accord signed...
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    north by Sivaganga District, on the northeast by Pudukkottai District, on the east by the Palk Strait, on the south by the Gulf of Mannar, on the west by...
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  • The Mannar line is a railway line in Sri Lanka. Branching off the northern line at Medawachchiya Junction, the line heads north-west through North Central...
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    divided into five geographic provinces. Jaffna District, together with Mannar District and Vanni District, formed the new Northern Province. At the time...
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    geographic provinces. Jaffna District, together with Mannar District and Vanni District, formed the new Northern Province. The district was colonised in 1936...
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  • Bonda Mani (category People from Mannar District)
    films in which he acted. Kedheeswaran was born on 19 September 1963 in Mannar District, Sri Lanka, where he was also raised. He was born as the fifteenth...
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    Palk Strait Bridge (category Bridges in Mannar District)
    Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu (a state in Southern India) and Talaimannar on Mannar Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. During the 2002-2004...
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    into five geographic provinces. The districts of Jaffna, Mannar, Nuvarakalaviya (present day Anuradhapura District) and Vanni formed the new Northern Province...
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  • killing of Tamils in Mannar town by the Sri Lankan Army Vankalai massacre, the killing of a family of 4 Tamils in Vankalai, Mannar district, in 2006 Madhu school...
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  • Pallai, Jaffna District. On 25 December 1997, a Tamil woman called K. Amutha was raped by Sri Lankan Police in Vidathaltheevu, Mannar District. On 27 December...
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    the Sri Lankan military personnel from the village of Vankalai in Mannar District, Sri Lanka on June 8, 2006. The victims were tortured and the mother...
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    south-west of Vavuniya District near the district's border with Anuradhapura and Mannar districts. The site straddles the A14 Mannar-Medawachchiya road and...
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  • unit in Mannar District. In early 2008 Charles was assisting Sea Tigers leader Soosai fortify the Sea Tiger base at Vidattaltivu, Mannar District. Lieutenant...
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  • The archaeological heritage of Sri Lanka can be divided into three ages; Prehistoric (Stone-age), Protohistoric (Iron age), and historical period. The...
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