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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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    The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka, led by the Marxist–Leninist...
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  • 1971 JVP insurrection, the first attempt by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna to overthrow the Sri Lankan government. 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, the second...
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  • arrest of JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera; the police failed to gauge scale and magnitude of the JVP insurrection which was launched in April 1971 taking the...
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    ill-prepared for the insurgency launched by the Marxist JVP in April 1971. The 1971 JVP Insurrection saw Ceylon Armed Forces mobilizing for combat operations...
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  • Maltese Insurrection 1971 JVP insurrection, a Sri Lankan war initiated by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ("People's Liberation Front") 1987–1989 JVP insurrection...
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  • Peramuna (JVP). JVP is a Sri Lankan Marxist-Leninist, communist party which was involved in two armed uprisings against the ruling governments in 1971 (SLFP)...
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    they began an insurrection against the Dominion of Ceylon in early 1971, which intensified following the ban on the party. The JVP's military wing, the...
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    Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; transl. People's Liberation Front). Wijeweera led the party in two unsuccessful insurrections in Sri Lanka, in 1971 and 1987 to 1989...
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    India, Israel and Egypt. It saw action with the Ceylon Army in the 1971 JVP insurrection. By the early 1900s, the U.S. military had a mixed collection of...
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    the second JVP insurrection from 1987 to 1990. 53 service personnel were killed and 323 were wounded in the first JVP insurrection from 1971 to 1972. Notable...
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  • Ceylonese protests against the Vietnam War (category 1971 JVP insurrection)
    insurrection to take cover the government through an armed revaluation. 1971 JVP insurrection 1953 Ceylonese Hartal Anti-American sentiment Decolonization of...
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  • and lead the battalion through the 1971 JVP Insurrection, conducting counterinsurgency operations. In December 1971, he took over as commanding officer...
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    Royal College of Defence Studies. He first saw action during the 1971 JVP Insurrection as Lieutenant and was promoted to captain in 1973. He was promoted...
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  • Realpolitik Ping-pong diplomacy 1971 JVP insurrection Corrective Revolution (Egypt) 1971 Turkish military memorandum 1971 Sudanese coup d'état Four Power...
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  • Commissions were formed, the first in 1972 to try the perpetrators of the 1971 JVP insurrection and the second in 1975 to prosecute exchange control offences. The...
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  • following his basic training. He saw active service during the 1971 JVP Insurrection. In 1986, Lieutenant Colonel Weerasekara served as the commanding...
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  • Hansa Regiment (category 1971 JVP insurrection)
    formed by employees of the Ceylon Transport Board (CTB) during the 1971 JVP insurrection. The Hansa Regiment numbered around 2,000 lightly armed CTB trade...
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  • stopping the attempted military coup of 1962. Later in 1971 during the 1971 JVP Insurrection he was appointed as Additional Secretary of the Ministry...
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    Detachment following the 1962 attempted coup d'état and during the 1971 JVP insurrection. Today, the Prime Minister's Security Division is in charge of security...
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  • years throughout the island. He has been involved in both the 1971 and 1987–89 JVP Insurrection as well as the Sri Lankan Civil War, participating in major...
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    England. As a result, the navy was poorly prepared when in 1971 the 1971 JVP Insurrection began, the navy had to send its sailors for ground combat operations...
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  • 1969–present: New People's Army rebellion 1970: Teoponte Guerrilla 1971: JVP insurrection 1971: Sudanese coup d'état 1972–1974: Araguaia Guerrilla War 1972–present:...
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    Publications. p. 114. In the late 1950s Hazaras again organized an armed insurrection in opposition to the imposition of heavy taxes. The state pacified the...
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    several ex-British Army Saladins following the outbreak of the 1971 JVP insurrection and were deployed counter-insurgency operations. These were used...
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    1990s having served with the 1st Reconnaissance Regiment in the 1971 JVP insurrection and early part of the Sri Lankan Civil War most notably during the...
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    Union South Asia 1971 JVP insurrection April 5, 1971 June 1971  Ceylon Sri Lankan Coalition (from May 15) SLFP CCP (Pro-Soviet) LSSP JVP South Asia Indo-Pakistani...
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  • Kandy was expanded and in April 1971, the battalion was mobilized for active service with the 1971 JVP Insurrection and was deployed in counter-insurgency...
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    remaining Provosts were mothballed. With the outbreak of the 1971 JVP insurrection in April 1971, the RCyAF took out its mothballed Provosts and started a...
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    had 50 financial workplaces in the Western Province. After the 1971 JVP insurrection the bank launched rural credit scheme to make a small loans to groups...
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