The Jaffna University Helidrop was the first of the operations launched by the Indian Peace Keeping Forces (IPKF) aimed at disarming the Liberation Tigers...
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the city from the rebels. It led to incidents like the Jaffna University Helidrop and Jaffna hospital massacre in which patients and medical workers...
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Jagan (November 2009). "Chapter 3: Descent into Danger – The Jaffna University Helidrop". IAF History: The Sri Lankan Interlude 1987-90. Bharat Rakshak...
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routed; however, the IPKF lost 214 soldiers in the hostilities. The Jaffna University Helidrop was the first of the operations launched by the Indian Peace Keeping...
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Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern Province of Sri Lanka (redirect from Expulsion of Muslims from Jaffna)
again. According to a Jaffna Muslim source, there is a floating population of about 2000 Muslims in Jaffna. Around 1500 are Jaffna Muslims, while the rest...
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AsiaNews. "SL military wants Jaffna University shut down on Mu'l'livaaykkaal Day". TamilNet. 6 May 2014. "Jaffna University To Close On May 18". The Sunday...
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Operation Poomalai (redirect from Jaffna Food Drop)
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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established in Jaffna by the American Ceylon Mission, which provided English-language skills for the Tamil population in Jaffna. The Jaffna Tamil upper castes...
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Riviresa - the Sri Lankan military's operation aimed at recapturing the Jaffna Peninsula. Shoba continued her education in Vanni before joining the rebel...
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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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