Welikada Prison — Infobox Modern building caption= name=Welikada Prison location town=Welikada, Colombo location country= Sri Lanka architect= client= British Government, Sri Lankan Government engineer= construction start date= 1841 completion date= 1841 date… … Wikipedia
Kalutara prison massacre — The Kalutara prison massacre occurred on December 12 1997, in the high security prison in Kalutara, Sri Lankaref|1. Three minority Tamil political prisoners were by their fellow majority Sinhalese prisoners. No one has been convicted for these… … Wikipedia
Prison massacres in Sri Lanka — have occurred in regular intervals since the inception of the civil conflict from 1983. Notable prison massacres*The first recorded incident was during the Black July pogrom of 1983, at the Welikada high security prison in which 53 minority Tamil … Wikipedia
Bindunuwewa massacre — The Bindunuwewa massacre or Bindunuwewa prison massacre is the of 26 minority Tamil political prisoners by a mob of majority Sinhalese in the detention center of Bindunuwewa, Sri Lanka.ref|1ref|2CampThe low security detention center was… … Wikipedia
Nadarajah Thangathurai — [1], was one of the leaders [2] of former Tamil militant organization TELO from Sri Lanka. He was inspired by Marxism. He was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment and was killed in 1983 Welikada prison massacre[3] along with the other TELO … Wikipedia
Sepala Ekanayake — (born June 3, 1949 in Karatota, Matara, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan hijacker who gained international notoriety after hijacking an Alitalia Boeing 747 with 340 passengers on June 30, 1982. Life and career Early life Ekanayake attended a village… … Wikipedia
Black July — is the commonly used name for the pogroms starting in Sri Lanka on July 23 1983. It is estimated that at least 1,000cite web title=President Kumaratunga s speech on the 21st Anniversary of Black July… … Wikipedia
Cocos Islands Mutiny — Part of World War II Map of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands … Wikipedia
July 27 — Events*1214 Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. *1549 Jesuit priest Francis Xavier s ship reached Japan. *1663 The British Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the… … Wikipedia
July 25 — Events* 285 Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co ruler. * 306 Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 864 The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings. * 1139 Battle of Ourique:… … Wikipedia
