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1998 in Sri Lanka

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Other events of 1998 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Sri Lanka.

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Incumbents

  • President: Chandrika Kumaratunga

    • Events

  • Bolstered by successes in 1997, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam unleash phase 2 of Operation Unceasing Waves on September 1998. The LTTE captures the town of Killinochi in the North East, but lose Mankulam to the Sri Lankan Army.
  • Local government elections were held in Sri Lanka on 29 January 1998 for 17 local authorities on the Jaffna peninsula, in the north of the country.

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    1998 in Sri Lanka Wikipedia
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