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Defenders Football Club is a professional football club based in Homagama, Sri Lanka. In 2018, Sri Lanka Army SC was renamed to Defenders FC . [ 1 ] The team is under the patronage of the Sri Lanka Army .
The Battle Of Puthukkudiyirippu was a land battle fought between the Sri Lankan Military, 58 Division, 53 Division and Task Force 8 and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the control of the last stronghold held by the LTTE. This battle is a part of the Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV during the Sri Lankan civil war. [citation needed]
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club or Army SC may refer to: ... Sri Lanka Army Sports Club (football), now known as Defenders FC; Sri Lanka Army Sports Club (rugby)
The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back in 1881 when Ceylon Light Infantry Volunteers was created; the army was renamed as the 'Sri Lanka Army' when Sri Lanka became a republic in 1972. In 2024, the Army had approximately 150,000 personnel.
The following is a list of notable killings, including terrorists attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government – Army, Navy, Air Force, Police and paramilitary groups (Home Guards/Civil Defence Force, Eelam People's Democratic Party, Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal etc.).
Centre for Defence Research and Development (CDRD) is a Sri Lankan Research and Development (R&D) institute under the Ministry of Defence responsible for the development technology for the Armed Forces of Sri Lanka. The CDRD cooperates with various branches of the military as well as other entities and is engaged in the development of both ...
Graduating from the Sri Lanka Military Academy second in order of merit in his batch, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 27 February 1982 into the 1st Rajarata Rifles. As a young subaltern requested to join the Commando Regiment which was turned down by his commanding officer.
The 58 Division is a division of the Sri Lanka Army formed in 2008, prior to which it was known as Task Force 1 from 2007 to 2009. A principal offensive division, it is currently deployed for combat operations in the Wanni region.