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1991 in Sri Lanka

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Other events of 1991 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Sri Lanka.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Ranasinghe Premadasa

    • Events

  • The First Battle of Elephant Pass took place on July 1991 for the purpose of controlling the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass, which was of strategic importance as it was attached to the northern mainland known as Wanni with the Jaffna Peninsula.
  • The UNP Minister of Defense, Ranjan Wijeratne, is killed in a car bomb. The LTTE is supposedly responsible for it.

    • References

    1991 in Sri Lanka Wikipedia
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