List of wars involving Sri Lanka
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This is a list of wars involving Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka
Sri lankan civil war.
Conflict | Sri Lanka and allies | Opponents | Results | Sri Lankan commanders | Sri Lankan losses | ||
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King | General | SL forces |
Civilians | ||||
Anuradhapura Kingdom | |||||||
Battle of Vijithapura (162 or 161 BC) |
Ellalan | Victory | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Anuradhapurian invasion of Chola (120) |
Unknown | Unknown | |||||
Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya (853) |
Sena II |
Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Anuradhapura invasion of Pandya (917) |
Pandyan Dynasty | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
(946) |
Unknown | Unknown | |||||
Chola rule in Sri Lanka (993) |
Defeat | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Polonnaruwa Kingdom | |||||||
Polonnaruwa–Pagan War (1164–1165) |
Pagan Kingdom | Victory | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Chola invasion of Pandya (1167–1183) |
Pandyan Dynasty |
Chola dynasty | Victory | Unknown | Unknown | ||
Kingdom of Kotte | |||||||
Ming–Kotte War (1410 or 1411) |
Ming Dynasty | Defeat | |||||
Kingdom of Sitawaka | |||||||
Sinhalese–Portuguese War (1538-1640) |
Victory | ? | ? | ||||
Jaffna Kingdom | |||||||
Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom (1619) |
Jaffna Kingdom Supported by: Thanjavur Nayak kingdom |
Defeat
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Unknown | Unknown | |||
Chiefdom of Vanni (Vanni Bandara) | |||||||
Vanniyar Rebellion (1782) |
Chiefdom of Vanni |
Victory
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Unknown | Unknown | |||
British Expedition to Ceylon (1803) |
Chiefdom of Vanni |
Defeat
|
Unknown | Unknown | |||
Kingdom of Kandy | |||||||
Dutch–Portuguese War (1602–1663) |
(until 1640) Kingdom of Ndongo Rio Grande Tupis Nhandui Tarairiu Tribe |
Supported by: (until 1640) Potiguara Tupis |
Treaty of Hague
|
Rajasinghe II |
? | ? | ? |
British Expedition to Ceylon (1803-1804) |
Defeat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ||
Kandyan Wars (1796–1818) |
Defeat
|
? | ? | ? |
British Ceylon
Conflict | Ceylon and allies | Opponents | Results | Governor(s) | Ceylonese losses | |
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Ceylon forces |
Civilians | |||||
Matale Rebellion (1848) |
Kandyan Opposition | Victory | ? | ? | ||
Second Boer War (1899–1902) |
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Victory
|
? | ? | ||
World War I (1914–1918) |
The Allies | Central Powers and Allies | Victory
Treaties of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Trianon:
Russia pulls out in 1917
Creation of League of Nations:
|
Reginald Edward Stubbs John Anderson Reginald Edward Stubbs William Manning |
? | ? |
World War II (1931–1945) |
The Allies | Axis Powers | Victory
|
Francis Graeme Tyrrell Reginald Edward Stubbs Maxwell MacLagan Wedderburn Andrew Caldecott Henry Monck-Mason Moore |
? | ? |
Sri Lanka
Conflict | Sri Lanka and allies | Opponents | Results | Sri Lankan commanders | Sri Lankan losses | ||
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Head(s) of Government | Defense Minister(s) | SL forces |
Civilians | ||||
1971 JVP Insurrection (1971) |
Victory
|
53 | 1,200 | ||||
1987–89 JVP Insurrection (1987–1989) |
Victory | ? | ? | ||||
Sri Lankan Civil War (1983–2009) |
Supported by: |
Victory
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Ranasinghe Premadasa † Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Chandrika Kumaratunga Mahinda Rajapaksa |
Ranjan Wijeratne Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Tilak Marapana Mahinda Rajapaksa |
23,327 | 60,000–100,000 |
Peacekeeping
Conflict | Sri Lanka and allies | Country | Results | Sri Lankan commanders | Sri Lankan losses | |
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Head(s) of Government | Defense Minister(s) | |||||
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (1978–Present) |
Ongoing | 0 | ||||
United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (2004–Present) |
Ongoing | ? | ||||
United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (2007–2010) |
Ended | ? |
References
- "Defeating Terrorism - Why the Tamil Tigers Lost Eelam And How Sri Lanka Won the War". jinsa.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
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