The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka, led by the Marxist–Leninist...

The 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrection (also known as the 1971 Revolt) was the first of two unsuccessful armed revolts conducted by the...

launched a second insurrection in 1987, seeking to overthrow the then-incumbent United National Party government. As the tension grew, JVP and its military...

1971 JVP insurrection, the first attempt by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna to overthrow the Sri Lankan government. 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, the second...

The following is a list of notable assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection, most of which were carried out by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or by...

Kandy District of the Central Province, Sri Lanka during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. While the massacre was officially attributed to an anti-communist...

of 1971 and 1987-1989, Ethnic Studies Report, ICES, Vol. XVII, No. 1, January 1999. List of assassinations of the Second JVP Insurrection Inter University...

Wijeratne, State Minister of Defence on 4 August 1989 at the height of the 1987–89 JVP Insurrection in the south of Sri Lanka. The Special Task Force...

paramilitary group in Sri Lanka. It was mainly active during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, where it was one of the main anti-communist paramilitaries alongside...

Thrividha Balaya, as well as counter-insurgency operations during the 1987–1989 JVP insurrection. Rajapaksa took early retirement from the army and moved into...