1990 in Sri Lanka
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Sri Lanka.
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Incumbents
- President: Ranasinghe Premadasa
- Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
- Chief Justice: Parinda Ranasinghe
Governors
- Central Province – E. L. B. Hurulle (until 1 February); P. C. Imbulana (starting 1 February)
- North Central Province – E. L. Senanayake
- North Eastern Province – Nalin Seneviratne
- North Western Province – Karunasena Kodituwakku
- Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
- Southern Province – Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
- Uva Province – P. C. Imbulana (until January); Tilak Ratnayake (starting February)
- Western Province – Suppiah Sharvananda
Chief Ministers
- Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
- North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma
- North Eastern Province – Varatharaja Perumal (until 10 March)
- North Western Province – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya
- Southern Province – M. S. Amarasiri
- Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
- Western Province – Susil Moonesinghe
Events
- On 11 June 1990, members of the Sinhalese officers, were responsible for the killing of over 600 unarmed Tamil civilians along with members of the LTTE in Northern Province, Sri Lanka.[1]
- On 20 June 1990, the town of Kalmunai was allegedly subjected to intense shelling by the Army. As a result, the LTTE withdrew from the town. Subsequently, once the Army had occupied the town, the massacre of civilians began. The UTHR said that the number of people who were killed or disappeared by the Sri Lankan Army was in excess of 1,000 and alleged that over 250 were killed.[2][3]
- Eelam war 2 begins following the attack the Sri Lankan government placed an embargo on food and medicine entering the Jaffna peninsula and the air force relentlessly bombed LTTE targets in the area. The LTTE responded by attacking Sinhalese army camps.
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
- "Recalling the saddest day in Tamil Ealam history". Lanka Newspapers. Lanka Newspapers. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- "Asia Times: India/Pakistan". atimes.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- "Welcome to UTHRJ: Report 7, Chapter 2".
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