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The following lists events that happened during 1995 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
- President: Chandrika Kumaratunga
- Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike[1]
- Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva
Governors
- Central Province – E. L. Senanayake
- North Central Province – Maithripala Senanayake
- North Eastern Province – vacant (until 13 January); Gamini Fonseka (starting 13 January)
- North Western Province – Anandatissa de Alwis (until 12 January); Hector Arawwawala (starting 12 January)
- Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
- Southern Province – vacant (until 12 January); Neville Kanakeratne (starting 12 January)
- Uva Province – Ananda Dassanayake (starting January)
- Western Province – K. Vignarajah (starting January)
Chief Ministers
- Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
- North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma
- North Western Province – Nimal Bandara
- Sabaragamuwa Province – Jayatilake Podinilame
- Southern Province – Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
- Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
- Western Province – Morris Rajapaksa (until 11 July); Susil Premajayanth (starting 13 July)
Events
- On 25 May 1995, the Kallarawa massacre was carried out by the LTTE, killing 42 Sinhalese civilians after LTTE cadres stormed the area. [2]
- On 22 September 1995, the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed the Nagar Kovil Maha Vidyalayam school in Jaffna, resulting in the deaths of roughly 34-71 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians based on multiple accounts. [3]
Notes
- a. ^ Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9
References
- ↑ "Result of Presidential Election 1994" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
- ↑ The Sunday Times, Lighting a candle in the storm.
- ↑ "Human Rights Development - Sri Lanka". HRW. Retrieved 2006-01-11.
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