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</div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">1987 constitutional amendment creating provincial councils</div> <p>The <b>Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka</b> (13A) is amendment to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">Constitution of Sri Lanka</a>, passed in 1987, which created <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Provincial_Council" title="Member of Provincial Council">Provincial Councils</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This amendment also made <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> the official languages of the country and declared <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> the "<a href="/wiki/Link_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Link language">link language</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 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Jayewardene">J.R. Jayewardene</a> which stated the <a href="/wiki/Devolution" title="Devolution">devolution</a> of powers to the provinces.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hence on 14 November 1987 the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Parliament">Sri Lankan Parliament</a> passed the 13th Amendment to the 1978 <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">Constitution of Sri Lanka</a> and the Provincial Councils Act No 42 of 1987 to establish provincial councils.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The amendment aims at creating provincial councils in Sri Lanka and enable Sinhalese and Tamil as national languages while preserving English as the link language. </p><p>However, there are practical problems in devolving land, the police and financial powers to the provinces and the Government has stressed that the structure that is implemented should be acceptable to all parts of the country. </p><p>In February 2016, the Chief Minister of Sri Lanka's <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a>, <a href="/wiki/C._V._Vigneswaran" title="C. 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<li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Sixth_Schedule" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Sixth Schedule">6th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Seventh_Schedule" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Seventh Schedule">7th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Eighth_Schedule" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Eighth Schedule">8th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Ninth_Schedule" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Ninth Schedule">9th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Amendments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/First_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/First Amendment">1st</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Second_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Second Amendment">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Third_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Third Amendment">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Fourth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Fourth Amendment">4th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Fifth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Fifth Amendment">5th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Sixth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Sixth Amendment">6th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Seventh_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Seventh Amendment">7th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Eighth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Eighth Amendment">8th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Ninth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Ninth Amendment">9th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Tenth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Tenth Amendment">10th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Eleventh_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Eleventh Amendment">11th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Twelfth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Twelfth Amendment">12th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Thirteenth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Thirteenth Amendment">13th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Fourteenth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Fourteenth Amendment">14th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Fifteenth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Fifteenth Amendment">15th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Sixteenth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Sixteenth Amendment">16th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Seventeenth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Seventeenth Amendment">17th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Eighteenth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Eighteenth Amendment">18th</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka/Nineteenth_Amendment" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of Sri Lanka/Nineteenth Amendment">19th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Preamble<br />& Chapters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preamble_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Preamble of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Preamble</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_I_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter I of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">I</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_II_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter II of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">II</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_III_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter III of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">III</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_IV_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter IV of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">IV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_V_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter V of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">V</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_VI_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter VI of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">VI</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_VII_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter VII of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">VII</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_VIII_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter VIII of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_IX_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter IX of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">IX</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_X_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter X of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">X</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XI_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XI of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XI</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XII_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XII of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XII</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XIII_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XIII of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XIII</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XIV_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XIV of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XIV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XV_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XV of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XVI_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XVI of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XVI</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XVII_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XVII of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XVII</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XVIIA_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XVIIA of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XVIIA</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XVIII_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XVIII of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XVIII</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XIX_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XIX of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">XIX</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chapter_XX_of_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chapter XX of the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ratified</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=First_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="First Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Second_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Second Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Third_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lankan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Third Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lankan (page does not exist)">3rd</a></li> <li><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Ninth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ninth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eleventh_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">12th</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" 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law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thesavalamai" title="Thesavalamai">Thesavalamai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_law_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Muslim law in Sri Lanka">Muslim law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman-Dutch_law" title="Roman-Dutch law">Roman-Dutch law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Sri Lanka"><img alt="Flag of Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/50px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/75px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, 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(1521)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese%E2%80%93Portuguese_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinhalese–Portuguese War">Sinhalese–Portuguese War</a> (1527–1658)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom" title="Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom">Portuguese conquest of Jaffna</a> (1560–1619)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_Kotte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fall of Kotte (page does not exist)">Fall of Kotte</a> (1597)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Ceylon_(1795)" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Ceylon (1795)">British invasion of Ceylon</a> (1795)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Wars" title="Kandyan Wars">Kandyan Wars</a> (1796–1818)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Ceylon_Mission" title="American Ceylon Mission">American Ceylon Mission</a> (1813)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandyan_Convention" title="Kandyan Convention">Kandyan Convention</a> (1815)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_independence_movement" title="Sri Lankan independence movement">Sri Lankan independence movement</a> (1817–1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Rebellion_of_1817%E2%80%9318" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Rebellion of 1817–18">Great Rebellion of 1817–18</a> (1817–1818)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colebrooke-Cameron_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Colebrooke-Cameron Commission">Colebrooke-Cameron Commission</a> (1829)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matale_rebellion" title="Matale rebellion">Matale rebellion</a> (1848)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_movement_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Temperance movement in Sri Lanka">Temperance movement</a> (1895)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1915_Ceylonese_riots" class="mw-redirect" title="1915 Ceylonese riots">1915 Ceylonese riots</a> (1915)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_National_Congress" title="Ceylon National Congress">Ceylon National Congress</a> (1919)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Youth_Congress" title="Jaffna Youth Congress">Jaffna Youth Congress</a> (1924)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donoughmore_Commission" title="Donoughmore Commission">Donoughmore Commission</a> (1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriya-Mal_Movement" title="Suriya-Mal Movement">Suriya-Mal Movement</a> (1933–1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bracegirdle_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Bracegirdle Incident">Bracegirdle Incident</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocos_Islands_mutiny" title="Cocos Islands mutiny">Cocos Islands mutiny</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soulbury_Commission" title="Soulbury Commission">Soulbury Commission</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence_Day_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Independence Day (Sri Lanka)">Independence Day</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_Citizenship_Act" title="Ceylon Citizenship Act">Ceylon Citizenship Act</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_state-sponsored_colonisation_schemes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan state-sponsored colonisation schemes">State-sponsored colonisation schemes</a> (1950s–2000s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Ceylonese_Hartal" title="1953 Ceylonese Hartal">1953 Ceylonese Hartal</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nehru-Kotelawala_Pact" title="Nehru-Kotelawala Pact">Nehru-Kotelawala Pact</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Only_Act" title="Sinhala Only Act">Sinhala Only Act</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1956 anti-Tamil pogrom">1956 anti-Tamil pogrom</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike%E2%80%93Chelvanayakam_Pact" title="Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact">Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1958 anti-Tamil pogrom">1958 anti-Tamil pogrom</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Ceylonese_coup_attempt" title="1962 Ceylonese coup attempt">Coup d'état attempt</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirima%E2%80%93Shastri_Pact" title="Sirima–Shastri Pact">Sirima–Shastri Pact</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_alleged_Ceylonese_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 alleged Ceylonese coup d'état attempt">Alleged coup d'état attempt</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policy_of_standardisation" title="Policy of standardisation">Policy of standardisation</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_JVP_insurrection" title="1971 JVP insurrection">1971 JVP insurrection</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_Day_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic Day (Sri Lanka)">Republic Day</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirima%E2%80%93Gandhi_Pact" title="Sirima–Gandhi Pact">Sirima–Gandhi Pact</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaddukoddai_Resolution" title="Vaddukoddai Resolution">Vaddukoddai Resolution</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Sri_Lankan_riots" class="mw-redirect" title="1977 Sri Lankan riots">1977 Sri Lankan riots</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_Public_Library" title="Burning of Jaffna Public Library">Burning of Jaffna Public Library</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_July" title="Black July">Black July</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Civil War">Sri Lankan Civil War</a> (1983–2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Sri_Lanka_Accord" title="Indo-Sri Lanka Accord">Indo-Sri Lanka Accord</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_anti-Sinhalese_riots" class="mw-redirect" title="1987 anti-Sinhalese riots">1987 anti-Sinhalese riots</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987%E2%80%931989_JVP_insurrection" title="1987–1989 JVP insurrection">1987–1989 JVP insurrection</a> (1987–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawanella_riots" title="Mawanella riots">Mawanella riots</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_anti-Muslim_riots_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2014 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka">2014 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_alleged_Sri_Lankan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 alleged Sri Lankan coup d'état attempt">Alleged coup d'état attempt</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_anti-Muslim_riots_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka">2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_constitutional_crisis" title="2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis">2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_anti-Muslim_riots_in_Sri_Lanka" title="2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka">2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">2022 Sri Lankan protests</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">2022 Sri Lankan political crisis</a> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_movements_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Political movements in Sri Lanka">Political<br />movements</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Ideologies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Capitalism_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Capitalism in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Capitalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Communism in Sri Lanka">Communism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Conservatism_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Conservatism in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Conservatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Environmentalism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Environmentalism in Sri Lanka">Environmentalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Federalism in Sri Lanka">Federalism</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberalism_in_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liberalism in Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Liberalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Separatism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Separatism in Sri Lanka">Separatism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism" title="Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism">Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Socialism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Socialism in Sri Lanka">Socialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism" title="Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism">Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam" title="Tamil Eelam">Tamil Eelam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement" title="Non-Aligned Movement">Non-Aligned Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unitary_state" title="Unitary state">Unitary state</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Political parties in Sri Lanka">Political parties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of political parties in Sri Lanka">Current parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna" title="Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna">Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" title="Samagi Jana Balawegaya">Samagi Jana Balawegaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Defunct_political_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Defunct political parties in Sri Lanka">Defunct political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leftist_parties_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Leftist parties in Sri Lanka">Leftist parties in Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_organisations_based_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Political organisations based in Sri Lanka">Other groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="List of Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">Tamil militant groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Affiliates_to_the_Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Affiliates to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Others</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Government of Sri Lanka">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Secretariat_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">Presidency</a></b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of Sri Lanka">President</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cabinet of Sri Lanka">Cabinet</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_ministries_of_Sri_Lanka" title="List of ministries of Sri Lanka">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Administrative_Service" title="Sri Lanka Administrative Service">Administrative Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Council_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National Security Council (Sri Lanka)">National Security Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Law enforcement in Sri Lanka">Law enforcement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Judiciary of Sri Lanka">Judiciary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Supreme Court of Sri Lanka">Supreme Court</a></b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Chief Justice of Sri Lanka">Chief Justice</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka">Court of appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="High Courts of Sri Lanka">High Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="District courts of Sri Lanka">District courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magistrate%27s_Courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Magistrate's Courts of Sri Lanka">Magistrate's Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Primary_Courts_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Primary Courts of Sri Lanka">Primary Courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Tribunal" title="Labour Tribunal">Labour Tribunal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Legislative</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliament</a></b> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka">Speaker</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prime Minister of Sri Lanka">Prime Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Prime Minister's Office (Sri Lanka)">Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_House_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the House (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">Leader of the Opposition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Government_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief Government Whip (Sri Lanka)">Chief Government Whip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Opposition_Whip_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Chief Opposition Whip (Sri Lanka)">Chief Opposition Whip</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Secretaries-General_of_Parliament&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Secretaries-General of Parliament (page does not exist)">Secretaries-General</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">16th Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka#Members" title="16th Parliament of Sri Lanka">Members</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Political culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Issues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka">6th Amendment</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">13th Amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka">19th Amendment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Assassinations_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Assassinations in Sri Lanka">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Capital punishment in Sri Lanka">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caste_system_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Caste system in Sri Lanka">Caste system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Corruption in Sri Lanka">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Crime in Sri Lanka">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Elections in Sri Lanka">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_press_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Freedom of the press in Sri Lanka">Freedom of the press</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Censorship in Sri Lanka">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_bias_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Media bias in Sri Lanka">Media bias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Online_Safety_Bill_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Online Safety Bill (Sri Lanka)">Online Safety Bill</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enforced_disappearances_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka">Enforced disappearances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gender_inequality_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Gender inequality in Sri Lanka">Gender inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Human rights in Sri Lanka">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indentured_servitude" title="Indentured servitude">Indentured labourers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Sri Lanka">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Poverty in Sri Lanka">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Political_scandals_of_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Political scandals of Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Scandals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_minorities_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Sexual minorities in Sri Lanka">Sexual minorities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terrorism_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Terrorism in Sri Lanka">Terrorism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Political_terminology_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Political terminology in Sri Lanka">Terminology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enforced_disappearances_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Enforced disappearances in Sri Lanka">White van</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By province</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Politics of Central Province, Sri Lanka">Central Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Politics of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_North_Central_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Politics of North Central Province, Sri Lanka">North Central Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Politics of Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_North_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Politics of North Western Province, Sri Lanka">North Western Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Sabaragamuwa_Province" title="Category:Politics of Sabaragamuwa Province">Sabaragamuwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Southern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Politics of Southern Province, Sri Lanka">Southern Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Uva_Province" title="Category:Politics of Uva Province">Uva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Western_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Politics of Western Province, Sri Lanka">Western Province</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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war">Sri Lankan civil war</a> (1983–2009)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Origins_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Origins of the Sri Lankan civil war">Origins</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism" title="Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism">Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_Buddhist_nationalism" title="Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism">Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Only_Act" title="Sinhala Only Act">Sinhala Only Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1956 anti-Tamil pogrom">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1958 anti-Tamil pogrom">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaddukoddai_Resolution" title="Vaddukoddai Resolution">Vaddukoddai Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1977 anti-Tamil pogrom">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_anti-Tamil_pogrom" title="1981 anti-Tamil pogrom">1981</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Burning of Jaffna Library">Burning of Jaffna Library</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_July" title="Black July">Black July</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combatants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="Sri Lanka"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" 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Service">Police</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special_Task_Force_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Special Task Force (Sri Lanka)">Special Task Force</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Civil_Security_Force" title="Sri Lanka Civil Security Force">Home Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_on_civilians_attributed_to_Sri_Lankan_government_forces" title="List of attacks on civilians attributed to Sri Lankan government forces">Attacks on civilians</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_assassinated_by_Sri_Lankan_government_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="List of people assassinated by Sri Lankan government forces">Assassinations</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg/23px-Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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the LTTE">Attacks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1970s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1970s">in the 1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1980s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_1990s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attacks_attributed_to_the_LTTE,_2000s" title="List of attacks attributed to the LTTE, 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_assassinated_by_the_Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="List of people assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Assassinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suicide_bombings_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Suicide bombings in Sri Lanka">Suicide bombings</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/35px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/45px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="24" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">Other militants</a> <span class="nobold"><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="List of Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">list</a>)</span></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">ENDLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Liberation Front">ENLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EROS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">PLOTE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span data-sort-value="India"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Peace_Keeping_Force" title="Indian Peace Keeping Force">Indian Peace Keeping Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka"><img alt="Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Paramilitary groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Democratic_Party" title="Eelam People's Democratic Party">EPDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Makkal_Viduthalai_Pulikal" title="Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal">TMVP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Phases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_I" title="Eelam War I">Eelam War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_intervention_in_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war">Indian intervention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_II" title="Eelam War II">Eelam War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_III" title="Eelam War III">III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_War_IV" title="Eelam War IV">IV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Theatre_of_Eelam_War_IV" title="Eastern Theatre of Eelam War IV">Eastern</a> / <a href="/wiki/Northern_Theatre_of_Eelam_War_IV" title="Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV">Northern theatres</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major <a href="/wiki/List_of_military_operations_of_the_Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="List of military operations of the Sri Lankan civil war">battles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kokkilai_offensive" title="Kokkilai offensive">Kokkilai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vadamarachchi_Operation" title="Vadamarachchi Operation">Vadamarachchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Poomalai" title="Operation Poomalai">Poomalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pawan" title="Operation Pawan">Pawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_University_Helidrop" title="Jaffna University Helidrop">Jaffna University Helidrop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Balavegaya" title="Operation Balavegaya">Balavegaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Elephant_Pass" title="First Battle of Elephant Pass">1st Elephant Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pooneryn" title="Battle of Pooneryn">Pooneryn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Riviresa" title="Operation Riviresa">Riviresa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu_(1996)" title="Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)">1st Mullaitivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Weli_Oya_(1995)" title="Battle of Weli Oya (1995)">Weli Oya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sath_Jaya" title="Operation Sath Jaya">Sath Jaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Vavunathivu_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="1997 Vavunathivu Offensive">Vavunathivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jayasikurui" title="Operation Jayasikurui">Jayasikurui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thandikulam%E2%80%93Omanthai_offensive" title="Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive">Thandikulam–Omanthai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Battle_of_Kilinochchi" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Battle of Kilinochchi">1st Kilinochchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oddusuddan_offensive_(1999)" title="Oddusuddan offensive (1999)">Oddusuddan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_the_A-9_highway" title="Battle for the A-9 highway">A-9 highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Elephant_Pass" title="Second Battle of Elephant Pass">2nd Elephant Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_Airport_attack" title="Bandaranaike Airport attack">Bandaranaike Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Point_Pedro_(2006)" title="Battle of Point Pedro (2006)">Point Pedro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jaffna_(2006)" title="Battle of Jaffna (2006)">Jaffna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Thoppigala" title="Battle of Thoppigala">Thoppigala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vidattaltivu" title="Battle of Vidattaltivu">Vidattaltivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%932009_Battle_of_Kilinochchi" class="mw-redirect" title="2008–2009 Battle of Kilinochchi">2nd Kilinochchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mullaitivu_(2009)" title="Battle of Mullaitivu (2009)">2nd Mullaitivu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Puthukkudiyirippu" title="Battle of Puthukkudiyirippu">Puthukkudiyirippu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Lanka_Flight_512" title="Air Lanka Flight 512">Air Lanka Flight 512</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Sri_Lanka_Accord" title="Indo-Sri Lanka Accord">Indo-Sri Lanka Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_Muslims_from_the_Northern_province_by_LTTE" class="mw-redirect" title="Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern province by LTTE">Expulsions from Northern province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Lalith_Athulathmudali" title="Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali">Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi">Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Ranasinghe_Premadasa" title="Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa">Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Temple_of_the_Tooth_attack" title="1998 Temple of the Tooth attack">Temple of the Tooth attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionair_Flight_602" title="Lionair Flight 602">Lionair Flight 602</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike_Airport_attack" title="Bandaranaike Airport attack">Bandaranaike Airport attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_non-resident_Tamils_from_Colombo" title="Expulsion of non-resident Tamils from Colombo">Expulsions from Colombo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_suicide_air_raid_on_Colombo" title="2009 suicide air raid on Colombo">2009 suicide air raid on Colombo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sri Lanka</th><td 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Seneviratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Wanasinghe" title="Hamilton Wanasinghe">Hamilton Wanasinghe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Waidyaratne" title="Cecil Waidyaratne">Cecil Waidyaratne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._H._De_Silva" class="mw-redirect" title="G. H. De Silva">G. H. De Silva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohan_Daluwatte" title="Rohan Daluwatte">Rohan Daluwatte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srilal_Weerasooriya" title="Srilal Weerasooriya">Srilal Weerasooriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._P._Balagalle" class="mw-redirect" title="L. P. Balagalle">L. P. 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