1987 in Sri Lanka

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The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Sri Lanka.

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Events[]

  • The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed in Colombo on 29 July 1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene.[1]
  • Civil war rages in the north between the LTTE and the government.
  • In June 1987, the Sri Lankan Army besieged the town Jaffna, civilian casualties began to mount.[2]
  • 1987 anti-Sinhalese riots break out, killing over 200 Sinhalese civilians and displacing thousands more.

Notes[]

a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9

References[]

  1. ^ M. L. Marasinghe (1988). Ethnic Politics and Constitutional Reform: The Indo-Sri Lankan Accord. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 37, pp 551–587 doi:10.1093/iclqaj/37.3.551
  2. ^ India Airlifts Aid to Tamil Rebels", The New York Times. 5 June 1987
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