Historical place archive

Sri Lanka in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Sri Lanka in India. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

5 records5 event labels4 people1987–1990

Historical events in Sri Lanka

1987

1987
Indian Peace Keeping Force
Rajiv Gandhi · Congress Party

India deploys the Indian Peace Keeping Force to Sri Lanka under the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.

1987
Peacekeeping in Sri Lanka
Rajiv Gandhi · Congress Party

Rajiv Gandhi's government deploys Indian forces to support implementation of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.

July 1987
IPKF Command
Depinder Singh · Sri Lankan Civil War

Depinder Singh takes command of the Indian Peace Keeping Force deployed in Sri Lanka after the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.

25 November 1987
IPKF Action
Ramaswamy Parameswaran · Sri Lankan Civil War

Ramaswamy Parameswaran is killed during an ambush in Sri Lanka after leading a counterattack against militants.

1990

1990
Withdrawal from Sri Lanka
Vishwanath Pratap Singh · Government of India

V.P. Singh's government completes the withdrawal of the Indian Peace Keeping Force from Sri Lanka.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match India and Sri Lanka. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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