1997 in Sri Lanka

none 1997 The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents President: Chandrika Kumaratunga Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva Governors Central Province – E. L. Senanayake North Central Province – Maithripala Senanayake North Eastern Province – Gamini Fonseka North Western Province – Hector Arawwawala Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew Southern Province – Neville Kanakeratne Uva Province – Ananda Dassanayake Western Province – K. Vignarajah Chief Ministers Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake North Central Province – Jayasena Dissanayake North Western Province – Nimal Bandara Sabaragamuwa Province – Jayatilake Podinilame Southern Province – Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera Western Province – Susil Premajayanth Events Sri Lankan Civil War Eelam War III Operation Jayasikurui 13 May – The Sri Lankan Army unleashes Operation Jayasikurui, marking the beginning of a long military campaign which would last for almost 2 years.http://www.army.lk/operations01.php?take=25 Operation Jayasikurui, Sri Lanka Army 2015-08-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20090224052505/http://army.lk/operations01.php?take=25 2009-02-24 dead 10–25 June – The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam launches a series of attacks, marking the start of the Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive. The towns of Thandikulam and Omanthai fall to the hands of the LTTE, marking the second significant loss for the Sri Lankan Army.Indian-Subcontinent Database, Sri Lanka, since 1971, Sri Lanka, since 1971 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 1997 in Category:1990s in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Category:Years of the 20th century in Sri Lanka