1997 in Sri Lanka

The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Sri Lanka.

←

 1997
in
Sri Lanka

→

Decades:
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
See also:

Incumbents

Events
  • In May 1997, the Sri Lankan Army unleash Operation Jayasikurui, marking the beginning of a long military campaign which would last for another 2 more years.[1]
  • On 10 June 1997, the LTTE launch a series of attacks marking the start of the Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive. The towns of Thandikulam and Omanthai fall to the hands of the LTTE, this marks the second significant loss for the Sri Lankan Army[2]

Notes
a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
gollark: Well, you could *also* just decide to ignore our votes, no? I think you would probably find that funny.
gollark: Do you *want* us to use alts to ping people?
gollark: Unfortunately, the generic rust advocates (even though one of them or maybe several (who knows) weren't even mine) were banned or something?
gollark: > remember, you're being demoted eventually if you fail alreadyWhy? Also my current position has almost zero powers but a nice colored name.
gollark: What? I don't have cards.

References
  1. "Operation Jayasikurui, Sri Lanka Army". Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  2. Indian-Subcontinent Database,Sri Lanka, since 1971,Sri Lanka, since 1971


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.