Event anniversary

Sri Lankan civil war

Took place on July 23, 1983

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The 44th anniversary falls on July 23, 2027, in 272 days.

The Sri Lankan civil war was fought in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. Beginning on 23 July 1983, it was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, also known as the Tamil Tigers) led by Velupillai Prabhakaran.

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