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Mandaitivu (Tamil: மண்டைதீவு, romanized: Maṇṭaitīvu; Sinhala: මන්ඩතිව් Manḍativ) is an
island off the
coast of the
Jaffna Peninsula in
northern Sri Lanka...
- The
Battle of
Mandaitivu took
place during the Sri
Lankan Civil War. It
occurred on 28 June 1995 in
which the LTTE
militants attacked and
overran the Sri...
- m****acre of
ethnic Tamils by
members of the Sri
Lankan Navy off the
coast of
Mandaitivu island of the
Jaffna peninsula. 33 civilians, all of them
fishermen mostly...
- the operation.
Mandaitivu was to be used as the
launching pad for the
first phase of the offensive.
While a
causeway linked Mandaitivu with the Jaffna...
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Jaffna towards islets of
Velanai and
Kayts through Pannai bridge.
After Mandaitivu, past the
abandoned aluminium factory, lies a
large Sri
Lanka Navy garrison...
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August 1986,
Diary of incidents, p.14
Tamil Times - July 1986, The
Mandaitivu m****acre, p3 TamilNet. "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com.
Retrieved 12 August...
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Manonmani Amman Temple,
Naranthanai North,
Kayts Thillai Sivan Temple,
Mandaitivu Thoddaththu Vairavar Temple,
Puloly Thuratti Panai MuththuMari Amman Temple...
- role in Sri
Lankan civil war in
battles such as the Weli Oya, Kokavil,
Mandaitivu and in the 1987–1989 JVP
insurrection sustaining many casualties. Since...
- talks. 28 June 1995: The LTTE
overruns the Sri
Lankan military base at
Mandaitivu. 28 July 1995: The LTTE
attack the Sri
Lankan military base at Weli Oya...
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kills 21 in Sri Lanka". On This Day. BBC.
Tamil Times - July 1986, The
Mandaitivu m****acre, p3 TamilNet. "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com.
Retrieved 12 August...
