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Following this the Sri Lankan armed forces withdrew from Mullaitivu which allowed the LTTE to gain control of the area. It was damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with a large loss of life. The Sri Lankan Army took control of the town on January 25, 2009, in the Battle of Mullaitivu in its offensive against the LTTE.
Mullaitivu District's population was 91,947 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 Mullivaikkal massacre was the mass killing of tens of thousands of Sri Lankan Tamils in 2009 during the closing stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, which ended in May 2009 in a tiny strip of land in Mullivaikkal, Mullaitivu. The Sri Lankan government had designated a no-fire zone in Mullivaikkal towards the end of the war.
Pandara Vanniyan and his forces were subsequently defeated by Captain von Driberg and the British troops at Kachchilamadu on 31 October 1803.Now it is located into Mullaitivu Kacheri. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] References
As a result, the demographics of the region had been significantly altered and a new division called the Weli Oya Divisional Secretariat (the Sinhalese equivalent of the Tamil term "Manal Aru") was carved in the southern parts of the Mullaitivu district. Today the majority of the population in the area is Sinhalese while Tamils have been ...
Brigadier Kumban Bohran, Brigade Commander, 25 "Mullaitivu" Brigade had strengthened the Mullaitivu base in 1995 and a contingency plan was drawn up in the event of an overnight attack. [19] Under the plan reinforcements would arrive by sea and air the following morning. [19] Radars and two generators, one acting as a back-up, were installed. [19]
Mullaitivu fort: Mullaitivu: Mullaitivu Town: Maritimepattu: 25 March 2016: Dutch fortress [3] Muththaiyankaddu ruins: Army Training School: Muththaiyankaddu Kulam: Oddusuddan: 25 March 2016: Ancient dagoba, shrine and other ruins [2] Muththaiyankaddu Lake ruins: Muththaiyankaddu Kulam: Muththaiyankaddu Kulam: Oddusuddan: 25 March 2016 [3 ...
Kokkilai or Kokilai or Kokkulaay (Tamil: கொக்குளாய் Kokkuḷāy Sinhalese: කෝකිලායි) is a town in the Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka. It is located about 40 km south-east of the District capital Mullaitivu. It is a coastal town, located next to Kokkilai lagoon, it is also close to Trincomalee District border.