• The Battle of Kilinochchi (codenamed Operation Unceasing Waves II by the Tamil Tigers) occurred in September 1998 over the control of the city of Kilinochchi...
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  • Battle of Kilinochchi may refer to: Battle of Kilinochchi (1998), occurred in September 1998 for the control of the city of Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka Battle...
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    Kilinochchi (Tamil: கிளிநொச்சி, romanized: Kiḷinocci; Sinhala: කිලිනොච්චි, romanized: Girānika) is the main town of Kilinochchi District, Northern Province...
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    The Battle of Kilinochchi was a land battle fought between the Sri Lankan Military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for control of the...
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  • eventually lead to the recapture of Jaffna and other rebel strongholds. The table below lists all major battles of the Sri Lankan Civil War. The information...
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  • Theepan (category Alumni of Chavakachcheri Hindu College)
    Mullaitivu (1996), Kilinochchi (1998), Oddusuddan (1999) and Elephant Pass (2000). He was killed at the Battle of Ananthapuram in the last days of the Sri Lankan...
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  • First Battle of Mullaitivu Operation Unceasing Waves II - assault on the SLA base at Kilinochchi in September 1998; also known as the First Battle of Kilinochchi...
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  • Operation Sath Jaya (category Battles of Eelam War III)
    Kilinochchi which it was able to recapture in September. The LTTE recaptured Kilinochchi in late September 1998. List of Sri Lankan Civil War battles...
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  • September 2011. "900 dead in battle for key town". BBC News. London, U.K. 30 September 1998. Retrieved 15 July 2018. "Kilinochchi base captured - LTTE". TamilNet...
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  • Eelam War III (category 1998 in Sri Lanka)
    known as 1998 Battle of Kilinochchi. . LTTE recaptured Kilinochchi town from Army after 3 days of intense battle. Operation Ranagosha (Battle cry): It...
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    Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This article lists all the battles that...
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    in the north of the country from the LTTE, including areas in the Vanni region, the town of Kilinochchi, and many smaller towns. From 1998 onward, the...
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  • Operation Jayasikurui (category Battles of Eelam War III)
    (between Mankulam and Kilinochchi) remained in the LTTE's occupation. In 1998, the SLA moved some of its forces from Kilinochchi towards the south, leaving...
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  • Kilinochchi in 1998, Elephant Pass once again became the southern flank of the Sri Lankan forces in Jaffna. By late 1999, the forward defense line of...
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  • conventional battles including the Battle of Pooneryn, Operation Jayasikurui, the Battle of Mullaitivu, the Battle of Kilinochchi and the Second Battle of Elephant...
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    captured Kilinochchi, winning the Battle of Kilinochchi. Clashes around the Kilinochchi forward defense line claimed the lives of 1206 soldiers that year. In...
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    Jagath Jayasuriya (category Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka))
    several major battles which included the Battle of Vidattaltivu, the Battle of Paranthan, the Battle of Kilinochchi, the Third Battle of Elephant Pass...
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  • Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War (category Phases of the Sri Lankan Civil War)
    Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in a series of battles. During the two years in which it was deployed, the IPKF fought numerous battles against the LTTE...
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    Sri Lanka Armoured Corps (category Administrative corps of the Sri Lankan Army)
    deployment of the Indian Peace Keeping Force in the North and East provinces, the regiment deployed a saber squadron each in Jaffna and Kilinochchi, while...
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  • local government election, after a break of 16 years due to the conflict. Despite heavy clashes in Kilinochchi and surrounding areas, Sri Lankan government...
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    2023. State of Tamil Nadu through Superintendent of Police, CBI/SIT vs. Nalini & 25 Ors., Death Ref. Case No. 1 of 1998 (@ D.No.1151 of 1998) per K.T. Thomas...
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    Chandrika Kumaratunga (category Alumni of Aquinas College of Higher Studies)
    However, she suffered a major set back due to the Battle of Mullaitivu in 1996 and Battle of Kilinochchi in 1998. Her government thereafter launched Operation...
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    p. Front page. Army engineers survey the ground as army units in the Kilinochchi area strengthen their defence lines. Security forces units in the northern...
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    recapturing LTTE controlled areas of the Mannar District, the Vavuniya District and moving into the Mullaitivu District and Kilinochchi District. During December...
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    Lasantha Wickrematunge (category Recipients of John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award)
    over the region of Kilinochchi would be when he would likely be assassinated. Wickrematunge had told multiple friends, "when Kilinochchi falls, they will...
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  • expulsion was of 1,500 people in Chavakachcheri. After this, many Muslims in Kilinochchi and Mannar were forced to leave their homeland. The turn of Jaffna came...
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  • Rajani Thiranagama (category Academic staff of the University of Jaffna)
    the newly formed Faculty of Medicine at the University of Jaffna. By then, Jaffna was a battle zone and in the early stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War...
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    V. P. Singh (category 20th-century prime ministers of India)
    multiple myeloma in 1998, and ceased public appearances until the cancer went into remission in 2003. However, he died from complications of multiple myeloma...
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    M. Karunanidhi (category Chief ministers of Tamil Nadu)
    proceeded to kill the majority of the TELO cadres. The infighting was criticised by Karunanidhi as Sagodhara Yudham' (A Battle Between Brothers). Since the...
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  • Shavendra Silva (category Chiefs of the Defence Staff (Sri Lanka))
    Bowl, Vedithalathivu, Nachchikuda, Mulangavil, Devils Point, Pooneryn, Kilinochchi, Paranthan, Elephant Pass, Dharmapuram, Vishvamadu, Suvandipuram, Thevipuram...
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