4 June 1987
Poomalai
Rajiv Gandhi's government orders Operation Poomalai, an Indian Air Force airdrop over Jaffna during the Sri Lankan civil conflict.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Jaffna in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Rajiv Gandhi's government orders Operation Poomalai, an Indian Air Force airdrop over Jaffna during the Sri Lankan civil conflict.
Harkirat Singh commands Indian forces during the opening phase of Operation Pawan against the LTTE in northern Sri Lanka.
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