1991 in Sri Lanka explained

The following lists events that happened during 1991 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

• President

Ranasinghe Premadasa

• Prime Minister

• Chief Justice

Parinda Ranasinghe then Herbert Thambiah then G. P. S. de Silva

Governors

• • Central Province – P. C. Imbulana North Central Province – E. L. Senanayake
    • North Eastern Province – Nalin Seneviratne North Western Province – Montague Jayawickrama Sabaragamuwa Province – Noel Wimalasena
• Southern Province – Leslie Mervyn Jayaratne
  • Uva Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya Western Province – Suppiah Sharvananda

Chief Ministers

• • • • • • Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma North Western Province – Gamini Jayawickrama Perera Sabaragamuwa Province – Abeyratne Pilapitiya Southern Province – M. S. Amarasiri Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
• Western Province – Susil Moonesinghe

Events

• Sri Lankan Civil War
  • Eelam War II
• 10 July–9 August – The First Battle of Elephant Pass took was fought between the Sri Lankan army and the LTTE over control of the Sri Lankan military base of Elephant Pass, which was of strategic importance as it connected to the northern mainland of Vanni with the Jaffna Peninsula.^[1]
• 2 March – Havelock Road bombing: UNP Minister of Defense Ranjan Wijeratne is killed in a car bombing. The LTTE is allegedly responsible for the attack.^[2]
• The South Asian Games are held in Colombo.^[3]

Notes

a. Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asia Times . 2015-08-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150129013754/http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/DG27Df02.html . 2015-01-29 . unfit .
2. News: On This Day 2 March - 1991: Sri Lankan hardliner among 19 killed in blast. . 2 March 1991. 17 June 2011.
3. Book: Bell . Daniel . Encyclopedia of International Games . 17 March 2016 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-1527-1 . 512 . en.