events
In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
Related Wikipedia articles
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
Political party in Sri Lanka
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formerly a revolutionary movement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 (SLFP), and another in 1987–1989 (UNP). The motive for both…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1971 JVP insurrection
Armed revolt in Ceylon
The 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrection was the first of two unsuccessful armed revolts conducted by the communist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against the socialist United Front Government of Sri Lanka under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The revolt…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United Front (Sri Lanka)
Left-wing political alliance in Sri Lanka from 1968-77
The United Front was a political alliance in Sri Lanka, formed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) and the Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) in 1968. It came to power in the 1970 general election.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1960–1965; 1970–1977; 1994–2000)
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician who became the world's first female prime minister when she was elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in 1960. She chaired the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) from 1960 to 1994,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)