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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1985 Valvettiturai massacre (redirect from 1984 Valvettithurai massacre)
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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1989 Valvettiturai massacre (redirect from 1989 Valvettithurai massacre)
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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