Massacres
Othiyamalai massacre 01.12.1984
This is a remote village on the border of Mullaithivu district. More or less the entire population worked in their […]...
Mathawachchi – Rampawa September 1984
Mathawachchi is located south of Vavuniya on the A9 road. The village is populated mainly by Sinhala and Muslim people.Following […]...
Chunnakam Policestation massacre 08.01.1984
Chunnakam is in the Uduvil Assistant Government Agent Division in the Jaffna district. Ten Kms from Jaffna town, on the […]...
Thirunelveli massacre 24, 25.07.1983
Thirunelveli comes under the Nallur Assistant Government Agent Division in the Jaffna district. It is located north of the Jaffna […]...
1983 communal pogrom
The precursors Local government elections were held in the Northern district of that time in May 1983. This turned out […]...
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 […]...
Tamil research conference massacre 10.01.1974
Tamils were preparing on a grand scale to hold a Tamil Research conference in Jaffna during 3-10 January in 1974. […]...