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    The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; lit. 'People's Liberation Front', PLF) is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formerly...
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    The 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrection (also known as the 1971 Revolt) was the first of two unsuccessful armed revolts conducted by the...
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    considered to be the military branch of the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and had been designated as a terrorist organisation by the Sri...
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  • This is a list of notable people assassinated by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). JVP is a Sri Lankan Marxist-Leninist, communist party which was...
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  • including political parties and other organisations led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. It contests in elections under the compass symbol. Considered...
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    by the 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Insurrection of left-wing youths. Though aware of the militant stance of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People's Liberation...
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  • Rohana Wijeweera (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna politicians)
    Marxist–Leninist political activist, revolutionary, and founder of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; transl. People's Liberation Front). Wijeweera led the party...
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  • restive city of Đà Nẵng before backing down. 1971 – In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo...
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    Tilvin Silva (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna politicians)
    Lankan Marxist politician serving as the General Secretary of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and a founding member of the NPP. Silva has played a significant...
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  • following is a list of notable attacks on civilians attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a Sri Lankan Marxist-Leninist, communist group. List of...
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    the UNP, and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna split from the UPFA. The third wing party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna has gained popularity after 2022. Sri...
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    The Desha Vimukthi Janatha Pakshaya (DVJP) (National Liberation People's Party) is a political party in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1988, the party was formerly...
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  • 1987–89 JVP Insurrection at the age of 42 by armed movement of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). Court Case De Alwis was born on 3 June 1947 in Colombo...
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  • parliamentarians led by Wimal Weerawansa, as a breakaway group of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). The NFF commenced political activities on 14 May 2008....
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    Shantha Bandara (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna politicians)
    Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF) and a key leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, a Marxist-Leninist political party in Sri Lanka. He was killed...
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  • Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna)
    Tens of thousands of people have disappeared in Sri Lanka since the 1980s. A 1999 study by the United Nations found that Sri Lanka had the second highest...
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    Harini Amarasuriya (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna politicians)
    Harini Nireka Amarasuriya (born 6 March 1970) is a Sri Lankan sociologist, academic, activist, and politician serving as the 16th Prime Minister of Sri...
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    SLMP) Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (People's Liberation Front, JVP) Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Tamil United Liberation Front (Tamil Vimuktasi Peramuna, TVP)...
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  • P. R. B. Wimalarathna (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna members)
    Wimalarathna පී. ආර්. බී. විමලරත්න Member of Central Committee of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna In office 1983–1989 Leader Rohana Wijeweera Personal details Born...
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  • Assassination of Daya Pathirana (category Terrorist attacks attributed to the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna)
    Students Union of University of Colombo during 1985–1986. Pro-Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna activists (some of them were members of Inter University Students'...
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    Lalith Wijerathna (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna members)
    Lalith Wijerathna ලලිත් විජේරත්න 3rd Leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna In office 27 December 1989 – 1 January 1990 Preceded by Saman Piyasiri Fernando...
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    left-wing political parties—the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, and the Nava Sama Samaja Party—blaming them for inciting the...
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    Anura Kumara Dissanayake (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna politicians)
    joined the Socialist Students Union, the student wing of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) as a student when the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was signed in...
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    essential items were rationed by the government at the time. Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna is a communist and Marxist–Leninist party and political movement...
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    increase of two from 2010. The remaining eight seats were won by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (6), Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (1) and Eelam People's Democratic...
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  • aircraft) to quell the protests. This led to an uprising by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in the south, which was put down bloodily over the next two years...
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    have fair enrolment. Inspired by the failed 1971 insurrection of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, it was the first Tamil militant group of its kind. It consisted...
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  • the National People's Power, a left-wing alliance led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, and the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, which split from the UNP in 2020...
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    Eksath Peramuna and the Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya, later joined UPFA. In the 2001 elections, the People's Alliance and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna had fought...
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  • Piyadasa Ranasinghe (category Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna)
    Piyadasa Ranasinghe පියදාස රණසිංහ Organizing Secretary of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna In office 1983–1989 Leader Rohana Wijeweera Personal details Born...
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