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1990 in Sri Lanka
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1990
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
President: Ranasinghe Premadasa
Prime Minister: Dingiri Banda Wijetunga
Chief Justice: Parinda Ranasinghe
Governors
Central Province – E. L. B. Hurulle (until 1 February); P. C. Imbulana (starting 1 February)
North Central Province – E. L. Senanayake
North Eastern Province – Nalin Seneviratne
North Western Province – Karunasena Kodituwakku
Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
Southern Province – Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
Uva Province – P. C. Imbulana (until January); Tilak Ratnayake (starting February)
Western Province – Suppiah Sharvananda
Chief Ministers
Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma
North Eastern Province – Varatharaja Perumal (until 10 March)
North Western Province – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
Sabaragamuwa Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya
Southern Province – M. S. Amarasiri
Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
Western Province – Susil Moonesinghe
Events
Sri Lankan Civil War
Eelam War II
11 June – Sinhalese officers are responsible for the killing of over 600 unarmed Tamil civilians along with LTTE militants in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/6/67843.html Recalling the saddest day in Tamil Ealam history 2011-06-12 2011 Lanka Newspapers dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110615103423/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2011/6/67843.html 2011-06-15
20 June – The town of Kalmunai is allegedly subjected to intense shelling by the Sri Lanka Army. As a result, the LTTE withdrew from the town. Subsequently, once the army had occupied the town, the massacre of civilians began. The UTHR said that the number of people who were killed or disappeared by the Sri Lankan Army was over 1,000 and alleged that over 250 were killed.http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DF22Df04.html Asia Times: India/Pakistan atimes.com 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20020722000018/http://atimes.com/ind-pak/DF22Df04.html 22 July 2002 deadhttps://uthr.org/Reports/Report7/chapter2.htm#i https://web.archive.org/web/20020928235514/http://www.uthr.org/Reports/Report7/chapter2.htm#i usurped September 28, 2002 Welcome to UTHRJ: Report 7, Chapter 2
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
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