1987 in Sri Lanka

← 1986 1985 1984 1987 in Sri Lanka → 1988 1989 1990
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1987 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

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

Incumbents

• President: J. R. Jayewardene

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]

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