1984 in Sri Lanka

← 1983 1982 1981 1984 in Sri Lanka → 1985 1986 1987
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1984 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

The following lists events that happened during 1984 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

• President: J. R. Jayewardene

Events

• The Mannar massacre takes place in 1984 claiming the lives of roughly 107-150 ethnic tamils. The attack was a response to an incident when three Army jeeps hit a land mine, killing one soldier.^[1]

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. Brown (edit), Cynthia (1995). Playing the "Communal Card": Communal Violence and Human Rights. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 1-56432-152-5. p. 91