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Around 27,000 LTTE cadres, 28,708 Sri Lankan military personnel, [26] 1000+ Sri Lankan police, 1,165 Indian soldiers were said to have died in the conflict. Another 5,000 Sri Lankan military members went missing in action. [27] In 2008, the LTTE revealed that "22,390 fighters who have lost their lives in the armed struggle since 27 November ...
Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu: 2–5 April 2009: Puthukkudiyirippu, Mullaitivu District: 420: SLA victory Truce (13–15 April 2009) Final Battle of the Sri Lankan Civil War: 7–19 May 2009: Puthukkudiyirippu, Mullaitivu District: SLA victory Government of Sri Lanka declares victory and end of the war (19 May 2009)
The origins of the Sri Lankan civil war lie in the continuous political rancor between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils. [67] The roots of the modern conflict extend back to the colonial era, when the country was known as Ceylon. The British colonial period lasted from 1815 to 1948, during which the British sought monetary gain ...
The origins of the Sri Lankan Civil War lie in the continuous political rancor between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Sri Lankan Tamils.The war has been described by social anthropologist Jonathan Spencer as an outcome of how modern ethnic identities have been made and re-made since the colonial period, with the political struggle between minority Tamils and the Sinhalese-dominant ...
July 4: Jaffna: An attack by an LTTE suicide bomber on a Sri Lankan minister results in the death of 25 people. [16] [26] July 18: Battle of Mullaitivu (1996): The LTTE overruns the Sri Lanka Army camp at Mullaitivu. The number of killed in action and missing in action Sri Lankan soldiers from this attack was over 1200. [27]
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Pages in category "People killed during the Sri Lankan civil war" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths that are either directly or indirectly caused by war.These numbers include the deaths of military personnel which are the direct results of a battle or other military wartime actions, as well as wartime/war-related deaths of civilians which are often results of war-induced epidemics, famines, genocide, etc. Due to incomplete records, the ...