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The following lists events that happened during 1999 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

Events

  • On 16 November 1999, the fourth official presidential elections of Sri Lanka take place. Chandrika Kumaratunga, wins by a 51.12% margin amidst several assassination attempts prior to the campaign.[1][2][3][4]
  • In October 1999 the Oddusuddan offensive took place, it was a military operation in which the Tamil Tigers captured Oddusuddan from the Sri Lankan Army. The Tamil Tigers are believed to have captured large amounts of weapons & ammunitions as well as armoured vehicles in this operation.[5]

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

  1. ↑ "REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 22 DECEMBER 1999". Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive.
  2. ↑ "1999 - Presidential Election". Manthree.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  3. ↑ "1999 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Result of Presidential Election 1999" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2015-08-12.
  5. ↑ "Tigers raise flag at Oddusuddan". TamilNet. 1999-11-02. Retrieved 2009-01-02.


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