- Operation Rana Gosa
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Operation Rana Gosa Part of Sri Lankan civil war Date 4 March, 1999 - ? Location Northern Province, Sri Lanka Result Sri Lankan Army victory Territorial
changes535 square kilometres of territory re-captured. Belligerents 
Military of Sri LankaLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Commanders and leaders Lt. Gen. Srilal Weerasooriya[1] Velupillai Prabhakaran Jaffna (1995) – Riviresa – Mullaitivu (1996) – Sath Jaya – Edibala – Vavunathivu – Jayasikurui (Thandikulam–Omanthai) – Rivi bala – Kilinochchi (1998) – Rana Gosa – Oddusuddan – Kinihira – A-9 highway – 2nd Elephant Pass – Rivikirana – BandaranaikeFirst – IPKF intervention – Second – Third – Fourth – Battles and operations – Bombings and terrorist attacks – Other military attacks
Massacres: Black July - 1985 Valvettiturai - Kumudini - Akkaraipattu - Prawn farm - Eastern University - 1990 Batticaloa - 1991 Kokkadichcholai - Jaffna lagoon - Navaly - Nagerkovil-Allaipiddy - Vankalai - Muttur - Kent and Dollar Farm - Anuradhapura - Aranthalawa - Kattankudi mosque - Palliyagodella - Kallarawa - October 1995 - Gonagala - Kebithigollewa - Jaffna Hospital - 1989 Valvettiturai
Mass graves: Chemmani - Duraiappa - Mirusuvil - SooriyakandaOperation Rana Gosa, (battle cry in Sinhala), was an operation fought during the Sri Lankan Civil War as part of Eelam War III launched on 4 March 1999. The Operation resulted in the Sri Lankan Army re-capturing of 535 square kilometres of territory previously occupied by the LTTE.[2]
See also
- List of Sri Lankan Civil War battles
References
External links
Categories:- Eelam War III
- Conflicts in 1999
- 1999 in Sri Lanka
- Battles of the Sri Lankan Civil War
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