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In November 1984, alleging Tamils as terrorists, the Superintendent of Police in Vauvuniya Arthur Herath raided and drove away the residents of Kent and Dollar Farm. Subsequently, Sinhala ex-convicts and prisoners were settled there. [7] The settlement of prisoners was used to further harass Tamils into leaving the area.
1984 Kokkilai massacres refers to a series of massacres of Sri Lankan Tamil civilians when the Sri Lankan military attacked the village of Kokkilai and several neighboring villages in Mullaitivu District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. The attack left several civilians including women and children dead and their property destroyed.
13 August 1984: Vavuniya: 6 + Army [54] August 1984 Mannar massacre: 13 August 1984: Mannar: 90: Army [55] Kaithady massacre: 14 August 1984: Kaithady, Jaffna: 9: Army [56] 1984 Point Pedro massacre: 2 September 1984: Point Pedro, Jaffna: 18: STF, Army [57] [58] [59] Mallavi junction massacre: 6 September 1984: Mallavi, Mullaitivu: 5: Army [60 ...
1984 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1984th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 984th year of the 2nd millennium, the 84th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1980s decade.
Earlier, on 2 November 2007, S. P. Thamilselvan, who was the head of the rebels' political wing, was killed during another government air raid. [113] On 2 January 2008, the Sri Lankan government officially abandoned the ceasefire agreement. By 2 August 2008, LTTE lost the Mannar District following the fall of
National diploma in Business and Finance has been introduced in 1984 by the Board of Technology and Education Council in United Kingdom. The syllabi has been revised in 2004 and 2010 to meet the rapid changes in the business environment. It is a short term (two and half year English medium) course, which meets industrial requirements.
Instead, a big push came from food (up 0.4%) and energy prices, which rose 0.2% and posted the category’s first increase in six months. New and used cars also saw price increases of 0.6% and 2% ...
Harischandra Wijayatunga was born in 1931 at Madamulla (Sinhala: මැඩෑමුල්ල) in Minuwangoda, Sri Lanka.His father, Wijayatunga Mudalige Don Bastian Wijayatunga, was an Ayurvedic eye physician, landed proprietor and a planter (coconut and paddy) and his mother was Amarawathie Jayasinghe.