Lakshman Algama

Infobox Military Person
name=Chulasoka Lakshman "Lucky" Algama
lived=June 2, 1940 - December 18, 1999
placeofbirth= Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
placeofdeath= Ja-Ela, Sri Lanka


caption=
nickname=Lucky
allegiance= flagicon|Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
serviceyears= 30
rank=Major General
branch= Sri Lanka Army
commands=Chief of Staff
Commander Security Forces Headquarters East (SF HQ (E))
unit=
battles=1971 Insurrection,
Insurrection 1987-89,
Sri Lankan Civil War
awards=Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya,
Uttama Seva Padakkama
laterwork= United National Party activist
Major-General (Rtd) Chulasoka Lakshman "Lucky" Algama VSV, USP, ndc, psc (June 2, 1940 - December 18, 1999) was a former Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army and a United National Party activist after retirement. Lucky Algama was educated at Ananda College, Colombo. Algama held several key posts in the army including Commander Security Forces Headquarters East (SF HQ (E)) and was responsible for enabling the government to hold elections in the eastern province in 1993. He was killed in a suicide bombing along with 11 othersProject Ploughshares: [http://www.ploughshares.ca/libraries/ACRText/ACR-SriLanka.html Armed Conflicts Report - Sri Lanka] , last update: January 2007] [ [http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/shrilanka/database/data_suicide_killings.htm Suicide Attacks by the LTTE, www.satp.org] ] and injured 7 others [ [http://www.dailymirror.lk/2002/09/25/News/5.html Five indicted over alleged murder of General Algama,By Susitha R. Fernando] ] at a political rally in Ja-Ela Colombo. [ [http://www.sundaytimes.lk/991226/sitrep.html More in the millennium, With the war escalating, the new year looks grim] ] The Sri Lankan government claimed that he was killed by a LTTE suicide bomber. [ [http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/CA200101/20010116LTTE_behind_Algamas_killing.htm LTTE leader behind General Algama's killing arrested] ] [ [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200101/16/eng20010116_60610.html Sri Lanka's Hard-core Tamil Tiger Rebel Arrested] ] [ [http://www.island.lk/2002/04/19/featur03.html Fall of Elephant Pass and repercussions, By Shamindra Ferdinando] ] [ [http://www.dailymirror.lk/2002/09/25/News/5.html Five indicted over alleged murder of General Algama,By Susitha R. Fernando] ]

ee also

*List of attacks attributed to the LTTE
*Notable assassinations of the Sri Lankan Civil War
*Sri Lankan Civil War

References

External links

* [http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca199912/20001221militaryhonoursforlucky.html Full military honours for Lucky Algama]
* [http://www.island.lk/2001/02/14/midwee01.html DB's place in history]