Massacres
Thambalakamam massacres 20.06.1986
Thambalakamam massacres 20.06.1986 Thampalakamam is a famous village in the Trincomalee district. The main economic base of this village is […]...
Kiliveddi massacre in 1985
In the fourteen days ending on 14.06.1985, a total of 150 people were killed. Kiliveddi is a Tamil village in […]...
Seruvila massacre 12.06.1986
Seruvila massacre 12.06.1986 Seruvila is situated in the Trincomalee 12.06.1986, headmen, employees, and 20 workers who were transporting relief […]...
Mandaithivusea massacre 10.06.1986
Mandaithivusea massacre 10.06.1986 Kurunagar, Pasaiyur and Mandaithivu are situated off the southern coast of the Jaffna peninsula. Surrounded on three […]...
Thiriyai massacre 08.06.1985
Thiriyai massacre 08.06.1985 Thiriyai is situated in the northeast region of the Trincomalee district. On 08.06.1985, around 5.30am in the […]...
Inginiyakala massacre 05.06.1956
Inginiyakala massacre 05.06.1956 In the 1940s, the Minister of Agriculture at that time created several Sinhala settlements in the […]...
1981 communal pogrom
This pogrom surrounds the events in which the Jaffna library was burnt down with its irreplacable book. It was during […]...
1977 communal pogrom
In the July 1977 parliamentary elections the United National Party received a landslide victory capturing 5/6 of the parliamentary seats […]...