1991 in Sri Lanka
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The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
- President: Ranasinghe Premadasa
- Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
- Chief Justice: Parinda Ranasinghe then Herbert Thambiah then G. P. S. de Silva
Governors
- Central Province – P. C. Imbulana
- North Central Province – E. L. Senanayake
- North Eastern Province – Nalin Seneviratne
- North Western Province – Montague Jayawickrama
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Noel Wimalasena
- Southern Province – Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
- Uva Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya
- Western Province – Suppiah Sharvananda
Chief Ministers
- Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
- North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma
- North Western Province – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya
- Southern Province – M. S. Amarasiri
- Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
- Western Province – Susil Moonesinghe
Events
- The First Battle of Elephant Pass took place in July 1991 for the purpose of controlling the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass, which was of strategic importance as it was attached to the northern mainland known as Wanni with the Jaffna Peninsula.[1]
- The UNP Minister of Defense, Ranjan Wijeratne, is killed in a car bomb. The LTTE is supposedly responsible for it.[2]
- The South Asian Games are held in Colombo.[3]
Notes
- a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
References
- ^ "Asia Times". Archived from the original on 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "On This Day 2 March - 1991: Sri Lankan hardliner among 19 killed in blast". BBC. 2 March 1991. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 512. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
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