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Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.

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Sri Lankan civil war

1983–2009 Sri Lankan internal conflict

The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam led by Velupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE fought to create an independent Tamil state…
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A. Thangathurai

20th-century Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer

Arunasalam Thangathurai was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and Member of Parliament.
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Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College

National school in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College is a national school in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.
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Trincomalee

City in Sri Lanka

Trincomalee, historically known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Located on the east coast of the island overlooking the Trincomalee Harbour, Trincomalee has been one…
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