1993 in Sri Lanka

none 1993 The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents President: Ranasinghe Premadasa (until 1 May); Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (starting 1 May) Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (until 7 May); Ranil Wickremesinghe (starting 7 May) Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva Governors Central Province – P. C. Imbulana (until May); E. L. Senanayake (starting May) North Central Province – E. L. Senanayake North Eastern Province – Nalin Seneviratne (until 30 November); Lionel Fernando (starting 30 November) North Western Province – Montague Jayawickrama (until 13 October); Karunasena Kodituwakku (starting 13 October) Sabaragamuwa Province – Noel Wimalasena (until 1993); C. N. Saliya Mathew (starting 1993) Southern Province – Abdul Bakeer Markar (until December); Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne (starting December) Uva Province – Tilak Ratnayake (until March); Abeyratne Pilapitiya (starting March) 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 (until 19 October); G. M. Premachandra (starting 19 October) Sabaragamuwa Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya (until March); Jayatilake Podinilame (starting March) Southern Province – M. S. Amarasiri (until October); Amarasiri Dodangoda (starting October) Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera Western Province – Susil Moonesinghe (until 16 March); Chandrika Kumaratunga (starting 21 May) Events 2 January – Jaffna lagoon massacre: A Sri Lankan Navy motor gunboat and a number of smaller speedboats intercept a number of boats transporting people between the southern and northern shores of the Jaffna Lagoon, and attacked them under the glare of a spotlight. Roughly 100 civilians and militants were killed.Olsen Bendigt Human Rights in Developing Countries - Yearbook 1994 Springer 90-6544-845-4 registration https://archive.org/details/humanrightsindev1994unse p.368Amnesty International Report 1994 Amnesty International 1994 http://www.unhcr.org/home/RSDCOI/3ae6a9f444.html 2007-08-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120313212044/http://www.unhcr.org/home/RSDCOI/3ae6a9f444.html March 13, 2012 Hoole Rajan Rajan Hoole Feature: Massacre in the Jaffna Lagoon University Teachers for Human Rights http://www.uthr.org/Reports/Report10/chapter0.htm 2007-08-14 2007-08-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20070813002409/http://www.uthr.org/Reports/Report10/chapter0.htm usurped Fernando Shamindra Navy demolishes Tiger boats The Island January 5, 1993 23 April – Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali: Former Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and Deputy Minister of Defence Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated at 8:10 p.m. Sri Lanka Time (2.10 p.m. UTC) in Kirulapana. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/24/world/sri-lanka-opposition-leader-slain-at-rally.html?src=pm Sri Lanka Opposition Leader Slain at Rally The New York Times 2011-06-09 April 24, 1993 At the time, the rebel LTTE was blamed, however a presidential commission appointed by future president Chandrika Kumaratunga revealed that President Ranasinghe Premadasa had direct involvement in the assassination.2002 Sri Lanka: The Untold Story, Chapter 58: Premadasa indicted http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI21Df01.html unfit https://web.archive.org/web/20110622093030/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DI21Df01.html 22 June 2011 2011-06-09 Asia Times Online1998 Sri Lanka: Information on whether the police are still seeking the assassins of Lalith Athulathmudali http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,,IRBC,QUERYRESPONSE,LKA,3ae6aab330,0.html 2011-06-09 United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesPalling Bruce April 27, 1993 Obituary: Lalith Athulathmudali https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-lalith-athulathmudali-1457705.html 2011-06-09 The Independent London 1 May – Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa: President Ranasinghe Premadasa is assassinated during a May Day rally by an LTTE suicide bomber. Prime Minister Dingiri Banda Wijetunga is sworn in as acting president of Sri Lanka.https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/02/world/suicide-bomber-kills-president-of-sri-lanka.html?pagewanted=1 Suicide Bomber Kills President of Sri Lanka Edward Gargan 2 May 1993 New York Times 7 May – 1993 Sri Lankan presidential election: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga is unanimously elected as the 4th President of Sri Lanka by the Parliament.Weerasooriya Sahan 2021-09-12 How D.B. Wijetunga became Executive President of Sri Lanka http://island.lk/how-d-b-wijetunga-became-executive-president-of-sri-lanka/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20230609112351/https://island.lk/how-d-b-wijetunga-became-executive-president-of-sri-lanka/ 9 June 2023 2024-03-03 Sunday Island en-USPerera Miran Elected President by unanimous decision of Parliament http://archives.dailynews.lk/2012/09/22/fea04.asp 2024-03-03 Daily News 11–14 November – The Battle of Pooneryn is fought between the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE for the town of Pooneryn. Although the LTTE was forced to withdraw from the town, it still inflicted considerable damage to the military.http://www.sundaytimes.lk/961013/sitrep.html The Sunday Times Situation Report Sundaytimes.lk 6 October 2014 Notes a. a a none Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. 955-8093-00-9 References 1993 in Category:Years of the 20th century in Sri Lanka Category:1990s in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka