Operation Trishul
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Operation Trishul (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल Triśūla, lit. "Operation Trishul"), along with Operation Viraat, was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka, in the provinces of Maannar to Mullaitivu and Elephant Pass to Vavuniya.[1]
The operation was planned as a result of the evolving doctrine among the Indian high command of conducting search and destroy missions against LTTE strongholds instead of holding key strongpoints.
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- ^ "Shifting to the Jungles". Archived from the original on December 7, 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2007.
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- 1988 in Sri Lanka
- 20th-century conflicts
- Battles of the Indian Peace Keeping Force
- 1988 in India