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    Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most populous city. Jaffna is...
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    The Jaffna kingdom (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாண அரசு, Sinhala: යාපනය රාජධානිය; 1215–1619 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryachakravarti, was a historical kingdom of...
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  • Jaffna Kings (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் கிங்ஸ்), formerly known as Jaffna Stallions, are a franchise cricket team which plays in the Lanka Premier League (LPL)...
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  • Look up Jaffna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jaffna most often refers to Jaffna city, the capital of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Jaffna may also...
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  • The burning of the Jaffna Public Library (Tamil: யாழ் பொது நூலகம் எரிப்பு, Yāḻ potu nūlakam erippu; Sinhala: යාපනය මහජන පුස්තකාලය ගිනිබත් කිරීම, Yāpanaya...
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    Eastern provinces. Modern Sri Lankan Tamils descend from residents of the Jaffna Kingdom, a former kingdom in the north of Sri Lanka and Vannimai chieftaincies...
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  • The University of Jaffna (Sinhala: යාපනය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, Yāpanaya Wiśwawidyālaya; Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், romanized: Yāḻppāṇap Palkalaikkaḻakam;...
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    Jaffna District (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் மாவட்டம் Yāḻppāṇam Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: යාපනය දිස්ත්‍රික්කය yāpanaya distrikkaya) is one of the 25 districts of Sri Lanka...
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  • appointed by the intelligence agency R&AW to head covert operations in Jaffna shortly after Indian peace-keeping force was forced to withdraw. Madras...
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    Jaffna Fort (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கோட்டை, romanized: Yāḻppāṇak Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: යාපනය බලකොටුව Yapanaya Balakotuwa) is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna...
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  • Jaffna International Airport (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம், romanized: Yāḻppāṇam Carvatēca Vimāṉa Nilaiyam; Sinhala: යාපනය ජාත්‍යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ...
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  • Jaffna Diocese may refer to: Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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  • the operation by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to take control of Jaffna from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), better known as the Tamil...
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    நல்லூர்; Sinhala: නල්ලූර්) is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy...
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    factors that led him to militancy. In 1975, he assassinated the Mayor of Jaffna, Alfred Duraiappah, in revenge for the 1974 Tamil conference incident. The...
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  • Battle of Jaffna may refer to battles of the Sri Lankan Civil War: Battle of Jaffna (1995) Battle of Jaffna (2006) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    The Jaffna (MALAYA No. 11 (Fighter) The Jaffna) was a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 aircraft of the Royal Flying Corps. It was given to the British Government...
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  • Jaffna Tamil may refer to: Jaffna Tamil dialect, native to the Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka Jaffna Tamils, members of the Tamil ethnic group native to...
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  • over the besieged city of Jaffna in Sri Lanka on 4 June 1987 to support the Tamil Tigers during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Jaffna was then under blockade...
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    Agar (redirect from Jaffna moss)
    or "cold-exposed agar"), Japanese isinglass, China grass, Ceylon moss or Jaffna moss. Gracilaria edulis or its synonym G. lichenoides is specifically referred...
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    1977, 1981 and 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms, as well as the 1981 burning of the Jaffna Public Library. These were carried out by the majority Sinhalese mobs often...
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    and a population of 1,061,315, making it the least populated province. Jaffna is the capital city of the province. Between 1988 and 2006, the province...
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    The Jaffna hospital massacre occurred on October 21 and 22, 1987, during the Sri Lankan Civil War, when troops of the Indian Peace Keeping Force entered...
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  •  'Ilaṅkai veḷḷāḷar') is a caste in Sri Lanka, predominantly found in the Jaffna peninsula and adjacent Vanni region, who comprise about half of the Sri...
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    Visakhapatnam, Patna, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Puducherry, Port Blair, Colombo, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Kandy India – Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka Standard...
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  • The Jaffna Kings (often abbreviated as JK) is a franchise cricket team that competed in 2024 Lanka Premier League (LPL). The team is based in Jaffna, Northern...
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  • century. On the other hand, Mudaliyar C. Rajanayagam in his book Ancient Jaffna suggests that the tank was probably constructed by the Nagas. Rajanayagam...
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  • completed on 19 December 2024, with Hambantota Bangla Tigers defeating Jaffna Titans in the final at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy...
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    The Jaffna Peninsula (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் குடாநாடு, romanized: Yāḻppāṇa kuṭānāṭu, or Tamil: யாழ் குடாநாடு, romanized: Yāḻ kuṭānāṭu) is a region in the Northern...
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  • international venues. The league was organized by the Sri Lanka Cricket. Jaffna Kings were the defending champions. This was the first Lanka Premier League...
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