1981 in Sri Lanka

none 1981 The following lists events that happened during 1981 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents President – J. R. Jayewardene Prime Minister – Ranasinghe Premadasa Chief Justice – Neville Samarakoon Events 31 May–1 June – Burning of Jaffna Public Library: A mob of Sinhalese civilians riot and set fire to the Jaffna Public Library in an arson attack. It was one of the most violent examples of ethnic biblioclasm in the 20th century.http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/papers/119-Knuth-en.pdf Destroying a symbol 2007-02-14 IFLA The England cricket team tours Sri Lanka in February 1982. The tour included two One Day International (ODI) matches and one Test match. Sri Lanka obtains Full Member status of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1981, making them the eighth Test playing nation.http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/profile.php?countryCode=ICC_FULL_MEMBERS_SRI_LANKA Sri Lanka: Member profile International Cricket Council 3 April 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101125143919/http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc/icc_members/profile.php?countryCode=ICC_FULL_MEMBERS_SRI_LANKA 25 November 2010 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 1980 in Category:1980s in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Category:Years of the 20th century in Sri Lanka