COI Report March 2012 - UK Border Agency - Home Office
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7 MARCH <strong>2012</strong> SRI LANKA<br />
Annex A<br />
CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR EVENTS<br />
Unless stated otherwise, the information below is based on the BBC Timeline for Sri Lanka,<br />
updated 25 January <strong>2012</strong>, accessed on 2 February <strong>2012</strong> 555<br />
1948 Ceylon gains independence from the United Kingdom.<br />
1956 Sri Lanka Freedom Party wins the general election; Solomon Bandaranaike<br />
becomes Prime Minister.<br />
1959 Bandaranaike is assassinated. His widow Sirimavo Bandaranaike succeeds him<br />
as SLFP leader and Prime Minister.<br />
1972 The country becomes known as Sri Lanka.<br />
1976 The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are formed<br />
1978 New Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka comes into<br />
force. (Europa World online 556 , date accessed 1 June 2011)<br />
Jayawardene becomes the country‘s fist executive President. The Tamil<br />
language is recognised in the Constitution.<br />
1983 13 soldiers killed in LTTE ambush. Subsequent anti-Tamil riots leave an<br />
estimated several hundred Tamils. Start of ‗First Eelam War‘.<br />
1985 First attempt of peace talks between the Government and the LTTE fails<br />
1987 Indo-Sri Lankan peace accord signed. Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)<br />
deployed to Sri Lanka<br />
1990 The IPKF leave Sri Lanka. Hostilities between the Government and the LTTE<br />
hostilities escalate<br />
1991 LTTE implicated in the assassination of Indian premier Rajiv Gandhi<br />
1993 Assassination of President Premadasa killed in LTTE bomb attack.<br />
1994 Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga comes to power<br />
1995-2001 War rages across north and east. Tigers bomb Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist site.<br />
President Kumaratunga is wounded in a bomb attack. Suicide attack on the<br />
international airport destroys half the Sri Lankan Airlines fleet.<br />
555 BBC News Timeline: Sri Lanka, updated 25 January <strong>2012</strong><br />
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1166237.stm date accessed 1 June 2011<br />
556 Europa World online, Sri Lanka, Constitution and Government, undated<br />
http://www.europaworld.com/entry/lk.is.62 [subscription only]date accessed 1 June 2011<br />
The main text of this <strong>COI</strong> <strong>Report</strong> contains the most up to date publicly available information as at 3 February <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Further brief information on recent events and reports has been provided in the Latest News section<br />
to 2 <strong>March</strong> <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
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