The following is a list of notable assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection, most of which were carried out by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or by...
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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 Janatha...
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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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party List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection (Sri Lanka), attributed to both the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and government forces List of Soviet...
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assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection Inter University Students' Federation "15 December 1987". pact.lk. 2009. Archived from the original on 8...
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Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (redirect from Leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna)
Lankan politics, closely aligned with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection Udugan Yamaya Ginnen Upan Seethala...
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engage in the democratic process in Sri Lanka. List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection List of attacks attributed to the LTTE List of attacks...
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JVP insurrection. During this period, Kumaratunga was in support of the peace agreement signed between India and Sri Lanka and heavily criticized the...
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Jinadasa Weerasinghe (category Asian politicians assassinated in the 1980s)
wounded, police blamed the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna for the assassination. List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection "Hon. Weerasinghe, Puwakdandawa...
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JVP Insurrection List of assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War Neangoda, Chintha Udalagama. "An illustrious man of a bygone era who served the people"...
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The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, India on 21...
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Terrorism in Sri Lanka (redirect from History of terrorism in Sri Lanka)
like the 1971 insurrection but appeared to be a low intensity conflict that lasted from 1987 to 1989 with the JVP resorting to assassinations, subversion...
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Vijaya Wimalaratne (category Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley)
Operations. He held both posts until the insurrection was subdued in late 1989 with the capture of the leader of the JVP. Promoted to brigadier, he volunteered...
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during the Sri Lankan Civil War and JVP insurrections. A number of terrorists attacks have occurred in Sri Lanka, especially during the periods of the Sri...
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Daya Sepali Senadheera (category Asian politicians assassinated in the 1980s)
assassinated at her home in 1988 by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during the second JVP insurrection. List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection...
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D. M. Ananda (category Pages with listed invalid ISBNs)
member of the Jantha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during the notorious 1987-89 insurrection. He was the third unofficial leader of the JVP's second insurgency...
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Ranasinghe Premadasa (redirect from Assasination of Ranasinghe Premadasa)
seen as a spokesperson of the poor, common man, his handling of the country's two civil conflicts, the JVP insurrection and the Sri Lankan Civil War, have...
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Lankan Civil War and the two JVP insurrections, has engaged in several counts of violence against civilians including numerous instances of civilian massacres...
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Deshapremi Janatha Vyaparaya (redirect from Patriotic People's Front of Sri Lanka)
targeted by specific assassins and were assassinated. Assassinations of this manner included the assassinations of film star Vijaya Kumaratunga, Gladys Jayawardene...
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which he led until he himself was assassinated in 1988 by communist insurgents during the JVP Communist Insurrection. The couple had 2 children together...
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B. Y. Tudawe (category Members of the 6th Parliament of Ceylon)
at the age of 84 due to sudden illness. List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection "Hon. Tudawe, Balaupasakage Yasodis, M.P." Directory of Former...
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Chandrika Kumaratunga (category Members of the 10th Parliament of Sri Lanka)
Following the end of the second JVP insurrection, Chandrika began visiting Sri Lanka in 1990 and re-engaging politics. In September 1991, the governing United...
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Human rights in Sri Lanka (redirect from Human rights abuses by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam)
cases of state-sponsored 'disappearances' and murders. Sri Lanka was embroiled in two JVP insurrections and a civil war for more than two decades. The repression...
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G. L. Peiris (category Alumni of the University of Ceylon (Colombo))
the assassination of Prof. Stanley Wijesundera during the height of the 1987–89 JVP Insurrection. He served as Vice-Chancellor from 1988 to 1994 until...
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Black July (redirect from Sri Lankan Ethnic riots of 1983)
Retrieved 10 September 2023. "The JVP from insurrection to democracy". Daily News. Retrieved 10 September 2023. "History of Tamil struggle for Freedom in...
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Rajani Thiranagama (category Academic staff of the University of Jaffna)
who was assassinated by LTTE cadres after she had criticised them for their atrocities. At the time of her assassination, she was the head of the Department...
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Sri Lanka Army (redirect from Army of Sri Lanka)
killed due to the second JVP Insurrection from 1987 to 1990. 53 service personnel were killed and 323 were wounded in the first JVP Insurrection from 1971...
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Sri Lanka Navy (redirect from Navy of Sri Lanka)
killed due to the second JVP insurrection from 1987 to 1990. 53 service personnel were killed and 323 were wounded in the first JVP insurrection from 1971...
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United National Party (redirect from History of the United National Party)
brutal crackdown against a 1971 Marxist–Leninist insurrection by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). The UNP, which promised each person with an 8-pound...
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Parami Kulatunga (category Assassinated military personnel)
Sergeant Major of the Senior Cadet Platoon. Having joined the Ceylon Army on July 20, 1971, with intake 5A at the height of the 1971 JVP insurrection, receiving...
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