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Rokon was founded in Vermont by Orla Larsen in 1963 to sell the Nethercutt Trail-Breaker, a two-wheel-drive motorcycle invented around 1958 by Charlie Fehn and built in Sylmar, California. In 1964, Rokon Inc. bought the manufacturing rights to the Trail-Breaker and marketed the bikes from their Vermont office before moving the business to New ...
Vavuniya (Tamil: வவுனியா, Romanized: Vavuniya, Sinhala: වවුනියාව, Romanized: Vavuniyāva) is a city in Vavuniya District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The municipality is administered by an Municipal Council .
On 16 August 1985, at about 5am, a landmine exploded on the outskirts of the Vavuniya town, causing a minor damage to a culvert but no one was injured nor killed.Although the Tamil militants were suspected of having detonated the landmine targeting security personnel, it was reported based on eyewitness accounts that the incident was staged by the Sri Lankan Army itself in order to use it as ...
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 ...
Pandarikulam (/ p ʌ n ˈ d ɑː r ɪ k ʊ l ʌ m /, (PUN-daa-ree-KU-luhm), (Pandãrekuĺam) also known as Pandarikkulam (officially designated as Vavuniya 03 or 214E [2]), is a prominent suburban area located within the northern region of Sri Lanka, in close proximity to the town of Vavuniya. Approximately 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) from Vavuniya ...
Nedunkerny [2] (Tamil: நெடுங்கேணி, romanized: Neṭuṅkēṇi) (also spelt Nedunkeni, Nedunkerni) is a town in Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka. The roads going through Nedunkerny [ 3 ] [ 4 ] link Puliyankulam with Oddusuddan , and Puliyankulam with Mullaitivu .
Northern Province, Sri Lanka: District: Vavuniya: ... is a suburb and is considered to be the largest village in Sri Lanka. It is the most populated area in Vavuniya.
Vavunikulam is a village in the Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka, and is located about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Mankulam. Its actual name is Bavanikulam. It contains a dam that provides water to paddy fields in the region. It is also located less than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the small towns of Mallavi and Thunukkai.