Operation Checkmate (Sri Lanka)

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v t e Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war
Poomalai Pawan Trishul Viraat Checkmate Jaffna University Helidrop

Sri Lankan civil war

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Mass graves

Massacres

v t e Eelam War I
Kokkilai Vadamarachchi Operation Poomalai Nelliady

v t e Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war
Poomalai Pawan Trishul Viraat Checkmate Jaffna University Helidrop

v t e Eelam War II
Kokavil Sea Breeze Thrividha Balaya Elephant Pass Balavegaya Sathbala Balavegaya II Janakapura Pooneryn

v t e Eelam War III
Sooraya and Ranasuru Weli Oya (1995) Jaffna (1995) Riviresa Mullaitivu (1996) Sath Jaya Edibala Pulukunawa Vavunathivu Jayasikurui (Thandikulam–Omanthai, Battle of Kanakarayankulam (1997)) Rivi bala Kilinochchi (1998) Rana Gosa Oddusuddan Kinihira A-9 highway 2nd Elephant Pass Rivikirana Bandaranaike

Eelam War IV

Eastern Theatre of Eelam War IV

Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV

Other: 1st Point Pedro; Galle; 2nd Point Pedro; Palali raid; Colombo raids; Anuradhapura; Delft; Coast of Jaffna; Naval anti arms smuggling operations

Operation Checkmate was an anti-insurgency operation carried out by the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the Vadamarachi area of northern Sri Lanka in June 1988. Initiated immediately prior to the elections in the north eastern provinces, the aim of the operation was to destroy the Tigers' capacity to hinder the electoral process, which they had called to boycott.

References

"Jain Commission Interim Report. Growth of Sri Lankan Tamil Militancy in Tamil Nadu.Chapter Chapter I.Phase 1.(1981–1986)". Tamilnation.org. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

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