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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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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District Murunkan District Hospital, Mannar District Talaimannar District Hospital, Mannar District Valvettithurai District Hospital, Jaffna District...
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Eelam War IV (section Capture of Mannar District)
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 Muththumari Amman kovil, Suduhumpola, Kandy. Sri muthumari Amman thirukkovil, ayojanagama...
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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 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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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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1977 anti-Tamil pogrom (section Mannar District)
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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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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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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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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Mannar Bridge is a road bridge in north-western Sri Lanka. It connects Mannar Island with the mainland and is the only road bridge to the densely populated...
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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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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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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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Vankalai massacre (redirect from 2006 Mannar massacres)
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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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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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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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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Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu (category Churches in Mannar District)
The Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu is a Roman Catholic Marian shrine in Mannar district of Sri Lanka. With a history of more than 400 years, the shrine acts...
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Lanka, containing the Jaffna District, Kilinochchi District, Mannar District, Mullaitivu District, and Vavuniya District. The following is a list of settlements...
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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 is a census town in Chengannur Taluk in Alappuzha District of Kerala state, India, on State Highway 6. It is also known as the Bell Metal Town...
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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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