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1993 in Sri Lanka

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The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Sri Lanka.

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Incumbents

  • President: Ranasinghe Premadasa

    • Events

  • Lalith Athulathmudali, the former Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and Deputy Minister of Defence of Sri Lanka was killed at 8:10 p.m. Sri Lanka Time (2.10 p.m. UTC) on 23 April 1993 in Kirulapana.
  • The Jaffna lagoon massacre occurred on January 2, 1993, when a Sri Lankan Navy Motor Gun Boat and a number of smaller speed boats intercepted a number of boats transporting people between the south and north shores of the Jaffna Lagoon in the Northern province in Sri Lanka, and attacked them under the glare of a spot light. Roughly 100 civilians and militants were killed.
  • The Battle of Pooneryn was a battle fought on 11 November 1993 for the town of Pooneryn.
  • Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated on 1 May 1993, during a May day rally, by an LTTE suicide bomber. Little more than a week before, Lalith Athulathmudali had also been assassinated.

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    1993 in Sri Lanka Wikipedia
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