The following lists events that happened during
1987
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in
Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
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J. R. Jayewardene
Junius Richard Jayewardene ( si, ජුනියස් රිචඩ් ජයවර්ධන, ta, ஜூனியஸ் ரிச்சட் ஜயவர்தனா; 17 September 1906 – 1 November 1996), commonly abbreviated in Sri Lanka as ...
Events
* The
Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord was signed in Colombo on 29 July 1987, between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene.
[M. L. Marasinghe (1988). Ethnic Politics and Constitutional Reform: The Indo-Sri Lankan Accord. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 37, pp 551–587 ]
* Civil war rages in the north between the LTTE and the government.
* In June 1987, the
Sri Lankan Army besieged the town Jaffna, civilian casualties began to mount.
[India Airlifts Aid to Tamil Rebels"]
''The New York Times
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''. 5 June 1987
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1987 anti-Sinhalese riots break out, killing over 200 Sinhalese civilians and displacing thousands more.
Notes
:a.
Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, ''Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security'',
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...
: South Asian Network on Conflict Research.
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