{"slug": "sri-lankan-civil-war", "label": "Sri Lankan civil war", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213394", "qid": "Q213394", "description": "armed conflict in Sri Lanka (1983–2009) between the government and the separatist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", "entries": 14, "years": 11, "span": [1983, 2019], "span_label": ["1983 CE", "2019 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["End of the Sri Lankan Civil War", "Sri Lankan Civil War"], "related": [{"slug": "liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam", "label": "Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "sri-lanka", "label": "Sri Lanka", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "colombo", "label": "Colombo", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "easter", "label": "Easter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-india", "label": "Prime Minister of India", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 23", "text": "23 July – The 25-year long Sri Lankan Civil War begins, following rising ethnic tensions between the minority Tamil and majority Sinhalese communities of Sri Lanka.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1273753251#Events", "title": "1983 in Sri Lanka", "revid": 1273753251, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed during a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, thus beginning the Sri Lankan Civil War, which would continue until 2009.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#July", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 23", "text": "23 July – Four Four Bravo ambush: A 15-man patrol of the Sri Lankan Army is ambushed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Thirunelveli. 13 of its members were killed. The ambush was a watershed event for ethnic relations in Sri Lanka and would be one of the immediate causes for the Sri Lankan Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1273753251#Events", "title": "1983 in Sri Lanka", "revid": 1273753251, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Sri Lankan Civil War, Kent and Dollar Farm massacres: the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam begin their first massacres of the Sinhalese people, in North and East Sri Lanka. 127 are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#November", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – Sri Lankan Civil War, 1984 Mannar massacre: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill over 200 civilians in the town of Mannar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#December", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 29", "text": "29 July – The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord is signed in Colombo between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene, thus bringing an end to the first phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1328977166#Events", "title": "1987 in Sri Lanka", "revid": 1328977166, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – Sri Lankan civil war: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 152 civilians in Kokkadichcholai.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#June", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 9", "text": "July 9 – Sri Lankan Civil War: 125 civilians are killed in Navaly as result of bombing by the Sri Lanka Air Force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372467239#July", "title": "1995", "revid": 1372467239, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "On 24 October 2000, President Chandrika Kumaratunga called for a parliamentary election, following harsh criticism regarding the Sri Lankan Civil War. The turnout went in favor of Chandrika, winning a total of 107 seats. The elections were marred by violence. Seventy people were killed during the campaign, including six on election day itself.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325658926#Events", "title": "2000 in Sri Lanka", "revid": 1325658926, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Bandaranaike Airport attack: The Tamil Tigers bomb the Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka during the Sri Lankan Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#July", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – Sri Lankan civil war, Chencholai bombing: 61 female students in Mullaitivu are killed by the Sri Lankan Air Force in an air strike.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373069605#August", "title": "2006", "revid": 1373069605, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – Following more than 25 years of fighting, the Sri Lankan Civil War ends with the total military defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#May", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 14", "text": "14 September – Rail services resume on the Northern Line between Omanthai and Kilinochchi after an interruption of 23 years due to the civil war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371688330#July_to_September", "title": "2013 in Sri Lanka", "revid": 1371688330, "section": "Events › July to September"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – A series of Islamist bomb attacks occur at eight locations in Sri Lanka, including three churches, four hotels and one housing complex in Colombo, on Easter Sunday, leaving 259 people dead and over 500 injured. It is the deadliest terrorist attack in the country since the Sri Lankan Civil War ended in 2009.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#April", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › April"}}]}