Eelam War IV

Eelam War IV is the name given to the fourth and final phase of armed conflict between the Sri Lankan military and the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Renewed hostilities began on the 26 July 2006, when Sri Lanka Air Force fighter jets bombed several LTTE camps around Mavil Aru anicut. The government's casus belli was that the LTTE had cut off the water supply to surrounding paddy fields in the area. Shutting down the sluice gates of the Mavil Aru on July 21 depriving the water to over 15,000 people - Sinhalese and Muslim settlers under Sri Lankan state-sponsored colonisation schemes in Trincomalee district. They were denied of water for drinking and also cultivating over 30,000 acres of paddy and other crops. The fighting resumed after a four-year ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and LTTE. Continued fighting led to several territorial gains for the Sri Lankan Army, including the capture of Sampur, Vakarai and other parts of the east. The war took on an added dimension when the LTTE Air Tigers bombed Katunayake airbase on March 26, 2007, the first terrorist air attack without external assistance in history.

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2006 — 2009 Eelam War IV

1971-04-05T00:00:00Z

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1971 1971 JVP Insurrection

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1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

1987 — 1989 1987–89 JVP Insurrection

1987-07-29T00:00:00Z

1990-03-24T00:00:00Z

1987 — 1990 Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war

1997-03-07T00:00:00Z

1997-03-07T00:00:00Z

1997 1997 Vavunathivu Offensive

1997-06-10T00:00:00Z

1997-06-25T00:00:00Z

1997 Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive

1999-11-01T00:00:00Z

1999-11-01T00:00:00Z

1999 Oddusuddan offensive

2000-03-27T00:00:00Z

2000-04-20T00:00:00Z

2000 Battle for the A-9 highway

2006-07-01T00:00:00Z

2009-05-18T00:00:00Z

2006 — 2009 Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV

1410-01-01T00:00:00Z

1411-01-01T00:00:00Z

1410 — 1411 Ming–Kotte War

1983-07-23T00:00:00Z

1987-07-29T00:00:00Z

1983 — 1987 Eelam War I

1983-07-23T00:00:00Z

2009-05-18T00:00:00Z

1983 — 2009 Sri Lankan Civil War

1990-06-10T00:00:00Z

1995-01-09T00:00:00Z

1990 — 1995 Eelam War II

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2002-02-22T00:00:00Z

1995 — 2002 Eelam War III

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1972	Sri Lanka	sovereign state, island country, republic, country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1971	1971 JVP Insurrection	attempted coup d'état	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1987	1987–89 JVP Insurrection	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1987	Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war	Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Indian Peace Keeping Force, military intervention	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1997	1997 Vavunathivu Offensive	offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1997	Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive	offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1999	Oddusuddan offensive	offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2000	Battle for the A-9 highway	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	2006	Northern Theatre of Eelam War IV	theater of war	Wikidata
event	war	1410	Ming–Kotte War	war	Wikidata
event	war	1983	Eelam War I	war, Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam	Wikidata
event	war	1983	Sri Lankan Civil War	Sri Lanka, civil war, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Indian Peace Keeping Force	Wikidata
event	war	1990	Eelam War II	war, Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam	Wikidata
event	war	1995	Eelam War III	war, Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam	Wikidata
event	war	2006	Eelam War IV	war	Wikidata