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Month: June 2021

The Battle for Elephant Pass

The Battle for Elephant Pass

14th July 1991 to 9th August 1991 Elephant Pass (EPS) occupies a strategically vital position, the gateway linking the Jaffna peninsula to the Northern mainland. In 1991, the Sri Lankan military was in control of only two regions in the Jaffna peninsula: the High-Security Zone in Palaly and Elephant Pass. This was after the military withdrew from the Jaffna Fort in September 1990. The Army had one main camp and four satellite camps at EPS occupying an area of 10km…

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A Tribute by the Jaffna Medical Association – 1999

A Tribute by the Jaffna Medical Association – 1999

With the easing of travel restrictions in and out of Jaffna and the improvement of the conditions in the peninsula after the military operation ‘Riviresa’ in 1995, and more freedom being afforded to the Citizens of Jaffna many doctors returned to their homes in Jaffna and resumed work at the hospital as well as the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Jaffna. THE DOCTORS IN JAFFNA DECIDED TO RE-ACTIVATE THE JAFFNA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION WHICH WAS DORMANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS…

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