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Arson attacks in Vavuniya: 1 June 1983: Vavuniya: crops, huts, buildings and vehicles destroyed and burned in Gandhiyam farm at Kovilkulam; market, shops and vehicles burned and civilians assaulted; property damage over Rs. 3 million: Sri Lanka Armed Forces [36] Attack on Tamil passengers on the Jaffna-Colombo train: 5 June 1983: Vavuniya ...
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Vavuniya District's population was 171,511 in 2012. [2] The population of the district is mostly Sri Lankan Tamil. The population of the district, like the rest of the north and east of Sri Lanka, has been heavily affected by the civil war. The war killed an estimated 100,000 people. [10]
The airfield was also used by the Fleet Air Arm. [5] A Sri Lanka Air Force detachment moved onto the site on 1 August 1978. [3] [6] The airfield become one of the air force's air bases. The airport is part of a large military complex in Vavuniya that includes Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni. [7]
Since then, as a result of confidence and understanding shared between Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and KP, he began to collaborate with Sri Lankan Government. [2] On 9 July 2010, KP registered his organization for the provision of relief to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) while upgrading facilities for better physical, mental ...
UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) Vavuniya Divisional Secretariat is a Divisional Secretariat of Vavuniya District, of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. References
Beginning in December 2005, there was increased guerrilla activity to the northeast, including Claymore mine attacks which killed 150 government troops, [152] clashes between the Sea Tigers and the Sri Lanka navy and the killings of sympathizers on both sides including Taraki Sivaram, a pro-LTTE journalist, and Joseph Pararajasingham, a pro ...
UTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time) Velankulam, Vavuniya is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Northern Province. See also List of towns in Northern ...