Operation Thrividha Balaya

Part of Sri Lankan Civil War

Date	September 1990
Location	Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Result	Sri Lankan Military victory

Belligerents

Sri Lankan Military

LTTE

Eelam War II

Kokavil Sea Breeze Thrividha Balaya Balavegaya Sathbala Balavegaya II Welioya Elephant Pass Pooneryn

Sri Lankan Civil War

Mass graves: Chemmani; Duraiappa; Mirusuvil; Sooriyakanda

Massacres: Black July; 1985 Valvettiturai; Kumudini; Akkaraipattu; Prawn farm; Eastern University; 1990 Batticaloa; 1991 Kokkadichcholai; Jaffna lagoon; Navaly; Nagerkovil-Allaipiddy; Vankalai; Muttur; Kent and Dollar Farm; Anuradhapura; Aranthalawa; Kattankudi mosque; Palliyagodella; Kallarawa; October 1995; Gonagala; Kebithigollewa; Jaffna Hospital; 1989 Valvettiturai

Operation Thrividha Balaya was a combined military operation launched by the Sri Lankan Military in Jaffna. The Operation was carried out to break the siege of the Sri Lanka Army garrison of the old Dutch Jaffna Fort in Jaffna. The operation was successfully carried out and the garrison withdrawn.^[1]

References

↑ Eelam War II - "Operation Balavegaya"

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