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1981

Tamil professor Kalanidhi Thavithu Adigal

June 2, 1981, he never rise up again. He passed away. We used to say, “Tamil is more than our […]

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Burning of the Jaffna library ­01.06.1981

Burning of the Jaffna library ­01.06.1981 Jaffna library was considered the largest library with the rarest collection of books and […]

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Historical background of the Jaffna Library fire

In the 1950s, Tamil scholars, led by Sam. A. Sabapathy, decided to expand the library in Jaffna on January 14th […]

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1981 communal pogrom

This pogrom surrounds the events in which the Jaffna library was burnt down with its irreplacable book. It was during […]

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The Jaffna Public Library

The Jaffna Public Library once functioned as one of South Asia’s most famous libraries containing research worthy, authentic and ancient […]

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