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Operation Thrividha Balaya
Operation Thrividha Balaya was a combined military operation, the first of its kind, launched by the Sri Lankan Military in Jaffna. The operation was carried out to break the siege of the Sri Lanka Army garrison of the old Netherlands, Dutch Jaffna Dutch Fort#Jaffna fort, Jaffna Fort in Jaffna. Background After the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam broke off the peace negotiations with the government with the 1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers, they took over police stations and launched an offensive against unprepared military units in the North-East, taking over large swathes of territory from undermanned army units consisting of volunteers while professional troops were sent to the south to quell the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, JVP uprising. The LTTE captured Jaffna but the garrison of the Jaffna fort of 172 men mostly from the police managed to hold out despite lacking the numbers necessary to man such a large fortification against numerically superior enemies. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa, (; ; born 20 June 1949) was a Sri Lankan politician and military officer who served as the eighth President of Sri Lanka from 18 November 2019 until his Resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, resignation on 14 July 2022 amid a historic economic and political collapse. Before his presidency, he was Secretary to the Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Urban Development (Sri Lanka), Urban Development from 2005 to 2015 during the regime of his brother, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, playing a central role in the final phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Born to a Rajapaksa family, political family from the Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Southern Province, Rajapaksa was educated at Ananda College, Ananda College, Colombo and joined the Ceylon Army in April 1971. Following basic training at the Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa, he was commissioned as Sri Lanka Signals Corps, signals officer and later transferred to several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September 1990 In Asia
September is the ninth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 30 days. September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere are seasonally equivalent. In the Northern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological autumn is on 1 September. In the Southern hemisphere, the beginning of the meteorological spring is on 1 September. September marks the beginning of the ecclesiastical year in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is the start of the academic year in many countries of the northern hemisphere, in which children go back to school after the summer break, sometimes on the first day of the month. Some Libras and Virgos are born in September, with Virgos being born on September 1st through September 22nd and Libras September 23rd through September 30. September (from Latin ''septem'', "seven") was originally the seventh month in the oldest known Roman calendar, the calendar of Romulus , with March being (Latin '' Mart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 In Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents *President: Ranasinghe Premadasa *Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga * Chief Justice: Parinda Ranasinghe Governors * Central Province – E. L. B. Hurulle (until 1 February); P. C. Imbulana (starting 1 February) * North Central Province – E. L. Senanayake * North Eastern Province – Nalin Seneviratne * North Western Province – Karunasena Kodituwakku * Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew * Southern Province – Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne * Uva Province – P. C. Imbulana (until January); Tilak Ratnayake (starting February) * Western Province – Suppiah Sharvananda Chief Ministers * Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake * North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma * North Eastern Province – Varatharaja Perumal (until 10 March) * North Western Province – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera * Sabaragamuwa Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya * Southern Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Campaigns Involving Sri Lanka
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a distinct military uniform. They may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of a military is usually defined as defence of their state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms "armed forces" and "military" are often synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include other paramilitary forces such as armed police. Beyond warfare, the military may be employed in additional sanctioned and non-sanctioned functions within the state, including internal security threats, crowd control, promotion of political agendas, emergency services and reconstruction, prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battles Of Eelam War II
A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force commitment. An engagement with only limited commitment between the forces and without decisive results is sometimes called a skirmish. The word "battle" can also be used infrequently to refer to an entire operational campaign, although this usage greatly diverges from its conventional or customary meaning. Generally, the word "battle" is used for such campaigns if referring to a protracted combat encounter in which either one or both of the combatants had the same methods, resources, and strategic objectives throughout the encounter. Some prominent examples of this would be the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, and the Battle of France, all in World War II. Wars and military campaigns are guided by military strategy, whereas battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shavendra Silva
General Shavendra Silva, (, ) is a retired Sri Lanka Army officer who served as Chief of Defence Staff, the head of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2024. He also served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 19 August 2019 to 31 May 2022. His other important appointments include, Chief of Staff of the army, Adjutant General and Director of Operations of the Army. During the Sri Lankan civil war he gained fame as the General Officer Commanding of the elite 58 Division. He had also served as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Headquarters. Early life and education Shavendra Silva was born on 22 June 1964 in Matale, the son of Creasy de Silva, former Chairman, Sri Lanka Transport Board and Sumana Bandu Silva, an English teacher. He had three siblings that included Lakshman de Silva who became CEO of the DFCC Bank and Ajantha de Silva, who is a retired Air Vice-Marshal. He was educated at Vijaya College, Matale; St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahesh Senanayake
General N.U.M. Mahesh W. Senanayke, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP is a retired Sri Lankan Army senior officer who served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Army from 2017 to 2019. Senanayake had previously been the Commander, Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna, General Officer Commanding, 52 Division and Brigade Commander, Special Forces Brigade. Having started his military career as a military engineer, Senanayake became a special forces officer and is a veteran of all four phases of the Sri Lankan Civil War, he has served in both its Northern and Eastern theaters. Following his retirement, he contested the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election and came fourth after the three candidates of the three major political parties in the island. Education Educated at Ananda College, Colombo, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Pune and is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College. Military career Early ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Gunaratne
General (Sri Lanka), General G. D. H. Kamal Gunaratne, Weera Wickrama Vibhushanaya, WWV, Rana Wickrama Padakkama, RWP, Rana Sura Padakkama, RSP, Uttama Seva Padakkama, USP is a retired Sri Lankan army general. He was the Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka)#Permanent Secretaries, Secretary to the Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Defence and the State Ministry of National Security and Disaster Management from 2019 to 2024. A retired Regular army, career officer of the Sri Lanka Army, Gunaratne had served as the former Security Forces Headquarters – Wanni, Commander Security Forces Headquarters - Wanni, general officer commanding (GOC), 53 Division (Sri Lanka), 53 Division and was a former Ambassador, Deputy Ambassador to Brazil. He was the GOC of the 53 Division (Sri Lanka), 53 Division which killed the LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran at Nandikadal, Mullaitivu. Early life and education He was born to a family of teachers; his father was a school principal. Educated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rana Wickrama Padakkama
The Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWP, Combat Gallantry Medal) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: රණ වික්රම පදක්කම) is awarded to Sri Lankan military service personnel serving in both the regular- and volunteer forces as a reward for: Medal bar, Bars could be awarded for further acts of gallantry meriting the award for a second and third time, denoted by a star in the medal ribbon, ribbon bar for each additional award. The award is the only one to have been awarded to a military animal in Sri Lanka. Award process A formal recommendation is made by service commanders, and the decoration is awarded by the President of Sri Lanka, President following a review process. Recipients are eligible to the use of the List of post-nominal letters#Sri Lanka, post-nominal letters "RWP". Notable decorated personnel *Field marshal (Sri Lanka), Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka *Air Chief Marshal Roshan Goonatilake *Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody *Lieutenant-general (Sri L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weerodara Vibhushanaya
The Weerodara Vibhushanaya (WV, English:Order of Courage) ( Sinhala: වීරෝධාර වීභූෂණය ''vīrōdāra vibhūṣanaya'') is the second-highest decoration awarded by the Military of Sri Lanka awarded for: The Weerodara Vibhushanaya is equivalent to the British George Cross and the Indian Ashoka Chakra Award, and is the highest peacetime military decoration awarded by Sri Lanka. The civilian equivalent is the Veera Chudamani. Weerodara Vibhushanaya translates as the "Order of Bravery". History Both military and civilians were entitled to be granted British military decorations on the recommendation of the British Governor of Ceylon. In 1946, Botalage Edmund Perera was awarded the George Medal for rescuing four crewmen from a burning aircraft crash in Negombo. This practice was continued after Ceylon gained independence in 1948 and the formation of the Ceylon Army in 1949, the Royal Ceylon Navy in 1950, and the Royal Ceylon Air Force in 1951. Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fazly Lafir
Colonel Aslam Fazly Laphir, PWV, RWP, RSP, SF (last name also spelled Laffeer) (1958 – 19 July 1996) was a Sri Lankan Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya (PWV). He was awarded the PWV for his actions leading the 1st Special Forces Regiment during the Battle of Mullaitivu in which he was killed. Colonel Laphir played a major role in the formation and development of the Special Forces Regiment from the original Combat Tracker Team. Early life Laphir was born in Madawala, Kandy to a Muslim family He was the eldest son of seven children born to Dr Mohammad Laphir and Siththi Hanul. He was educated at St. Anthony's College, Kandy where he was an around student, playing cricket and taking part in scouting. Having passed his advanced level examination in the math stream, the family wanted to send him to Libya to study engineering. Military career Laphir instead opted to join the Sri Lanka Army and was selected as a cadet officer of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
