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The camps were known for their poor conditions and incidents of sexual violence by the Sri Lankan security forces. [201] An international aid worker who regularly visited the Manik Farm internment camp in Vavuniya District between January and May 2009 reported on multiple rapes committed by the security forces against Tamil women in the camps ...
Maj. Gen. Hemantha Bandara RWP RSP USP. Security Forces Headquarters – Wanni is a regional command of the Sri Lanka Army, that is responsible for the operational deployment and command all army units stationed in and around the southern part or the Vanni region of the Northern Province, this includes several divisions and the independent ...
The final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War created 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who were transferred to camps in Vavuniya District and detained there against their will. [1][2][3] This process, together with conditions inside the camps and the slow progress of resettlement attracted much concern and criticism from inside and ...
Between 5th century BC and 13th century AD, present day Vavuniya District was part of the Rajarata historical region. Vavuniya District was thereafter ruled by Vanniar Chieftains who paid tribute to the pre-colonial Jaffna kingdom. [4] The district then came under Portuguese, Dutch and British control. In 1815 the British gained control of the ...
Vavuniya railway station, which is located on the Northern Line connects Kankesanthurai (the northern terminus of the line) through to Colombo. [3] During the civil war Vavuniya was the terminus of the Northern Line.Vavuniya airport, which is an air force base and a domestic airport is also located here. [4]
Immediately after their return to East Bengal, the country gained independence and in the consequent partition, they sought refuge on the Indian side. Kunjunni dies of cholera in the refugee camp and a pregnant Arthi is left on her own in abject poverty, with two-year-old Damayanti by her side.
East Bengal was the area of agricultural growth whereas West Bengal was meant for industrial development. Settlement The majority of East Bengali refugees settled in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta) and various other towns and rural areas of West Bengal, but a significant number also moved to the Barak Valley of Assam and the princely state of ...
In May, a Burmese column of some 4000 men led by Maha Thiha Thura, [16] fought their way into Bengal, defeating British troops at the Battle of Ramu, 10 miles (16 km) east of Cox's Bazar, on 17 May 1824. [17] Sa's column then joined Bandula's column on the march to defeat British forces at Gadawpalin, and went on to capture Cox's Bazar. [18]