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    Valvettithurai (Tamil: வல்வெட்டித்துறை, romanized: Valveṭṭittuṟai; Sinhala: වල්වෙට්ටිතුරෙයි, romanized: Valveṭṭitureyi), sometimes shortened as VVT or...
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  • Valvettithurai massacre may refer to: 1985 Valvettithurai massacre, carried out by the Sri Lankan Army in May 1985. 1989 Valvettithurai massacre, carried...
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  • than 25 years. Prabhakaran was the youngest of four children, born in Valvettithurai, on Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula's northern coast. Considered the heart...
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  • Valvettiturai. 70 minority Sri Lankan Tamil civilians from the town of Valvettithurai (abbreviated as VVT), Sri Lanka were rounded up. They were asked to...
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    Valvai Massacre 29th Year Archived 2 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine The Valvettithurai Massacre 9°49′N 80°10′E / 9.817°N 80.167°E / 9.817; 80.167...
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    members of EROS) and Velupillai Prabhakaran, an 18-year-old youth from Valvettithurai (VVT). In 1972, Prabhakaran teamed up with Chetti Thanabalasingam, Jaffna...
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  • VVT may refer to: Valvettithurai, a town in Sri Lanka Variable valve timing, an internal combustion engine valvetrain configuration VVT (gang), a gang...
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  • Valvettithurai Urban Council (Tamil: வல்வெட்டித்துறை நகர சபை Valveṭṭittuṟai Nakara Capai; VUC) is the local authority for the town of Valvettithurai in...
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    Army, such as the Anuradhapura massacre which immediately followed the Valvettithurai massacre. The Anuradhapura massacre sparked the Kumudini boat massacre...
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  • the escapees were re-captured within weeks of the escape. IPKF 1989 Valvettithurai massacre Vellore Fort Vellore "Daring Escapes". TribuneIndia. 8 February...
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    Alliance -A Sinking Ship". 3 September 2018. "Eelam Tamil flag hoisted in Valvettithurai | Tamil Guardian". "Tamils across London hoist Tamil Eelam flags in...
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    as Valvettithurai massacre in which on 2, 3, and 4 August 1989 over 50 Tamils were massacred by the Indian Peace Keeping Force in Valvettithurai, Jaffna...
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    EPDP regional headquarters, Valvettithurai, in 2014...
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  • Saravanai East, Velanai Ilupai Mulai Pillayaar Temple, Polikandy, Valvettithurai Imayanan North Sivan Gnana Vairavar Temple Innuvil Kandaswamy, Inuvil...
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    est) Vavuniya Vavuniya 99,653 Jaffna Jaffna 88,138 Chavakacheri Jaffna 41,407 Mannar Mannar 35,817 Point Pedro Jaffna 31,351 Valvettithurai Jaffna 27,210...
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  • gang originating in Toronto believed to be named after the town of Valvettithurai in northern Sri Lanka. VVT was founded in the early 1990s by Tamil immigrants...
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  • Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is located south of the larger town of Valvettithurai, and northeast of the small town of Udupiddy. The name Valvetty derives...
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  • progress towards Valvettithurai, the town of LTTE leader Prabhakaran's birth. On 28 May, army troops captured Udupiddy, Valvettithurai and Nelliady. By...
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  • was used to call by his nick name "Aalikkadal Anandan" He was from Valvettithurai, Jaffna District, Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon). He had a successful...
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  • Kittu (Tamil militant) (category People from Valvettithurai)
    1960. He was the son of Sathasivam and Rajaluxmy (Seethalakshmi) from Valvettithurai in northern Ceylon. Sathasivam owned the Kumar Achchakam printing press...
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    Major General Larry Wijeratne on the last day of his duty assignment in Valvettithurai, Jaffna. Wijeratne was attending a Jaffna traders' felicitation lunch...
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  • Thondamanaru bridge months previously to delay government forces from reaching Valvettithurai, the birthplace of LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran. The infantry waded across...
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    Polikandy include Point Pedro (which is an extreme point of Sri Lanka), Valvettithurai, Karanavai and Karanavai North. Polikandy has three divisions: Polikandy...
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  • Soosai, made a 90 degree turn undertaking a pincer movement capturing Valvettithurai. By 31 May, the government declared that the Vadamarachchi region recaptured...
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  • 2001. Manimekalai is a young LTTE freedom fighter. During a battle in Valvettithurai (northeast coast of Sri Lanka), she is seriously injured in the leg...
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  • Karikalan(another name) Velupillai Prabhakaran † (1954-11-26)26 November 1954 Valvettithurai 18 May 2009(2009-05-18) (aged 54) Vellamullivaikkal Leader of the LTTE...
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    Chavakachcheri in northern Ceylon. His father was a Tamil scholar from Valvettithurai and his mother was teacher of religion and science. He was educated...
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    Tamil-Canadian to sit in the provincial cabinet in Ontario. Born in 1989 in Valvettithurai, Sri Lanka, Thanigasalam escaped the Sri Lankan Civil War to India with...
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    Jaffna - Point Pedro highway across the Vadamarachchi Lagoon near the Valvettithurai town of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka. It was built...
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  • organisation in Sri Lanka. In 1969 a small group of militant Tamil youths from Valvettithurai formed an underground group. The group was known as the Thangadurai...
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