1992 in Sri Lanka
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The following lists events that happened during 1992 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Ranasinghe Premadasa
- Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
- Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva
Governors
[edit]- Central Province – P. C. Imbulana
- North Central Province – E. L. Senanayake
- North Eastern Province – Nalin Seneviratne
- North Western Province – Montague Jayawickrama
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Noel Wimalasena
- Southern Province – Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
- Uva Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya
- Western Province – Suppiah Sharvananda
Chief Ministers
[edit]- Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
- North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma
- North Western Province – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya
- Southern Province – M. S. Amarasiri
- Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
- Western Province – Susil Moonesinghe
Events
[edit]- Sri Lankan Civil War
- 29 April – A series of attacks on civilians occur in the villages of Alanchipothana, Karapola, Madurangala and Muthugal in the eastern Polonnaruwa District, killing 157.[1][2][3]
- 9 August – Mylanthanai massacre: 35 Sri Lankan Tamils, including 14 children, are killed in the village of Mylanthanai in the Batticaloa District. The rest of the village's population is displaced, and to this day the town remains a ghost town.[4]
Notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Sri Lanka: Deliberate killings of Muslim and Tamil villagers in Polonnaruwa". Amnesty International. Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "SRI LANKA:When will justice be done?". Amnesty International. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ "Chapter 7 - MASSACRES IN THE POLONNARUWA DISTRICT". Report 11. University Teachers for Human Rights. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ^ "Mylanthanai case". BBC. November 26, 2002. Retrieved 2006-01-08.
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