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The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka, led by the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, against the Government of Sri Lanka.
The JVP (Janatha Vikmuthi Peramuna—the People's Liberation Front) first came to the attention of the world outside Sri Lanka when it launched an abortive insurrection in 1971. In 1987, the JVP made another bid to come to power by force of arms.
- 1971 JVP Uprising
- Early 1980s
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Formed in the 1960s by radical Marxist Rohana Wijeweera, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) launched an open revolt against the government under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaikein April 1971. Caught off guard the government was able to subdue the insurgency in a matter of weeks. The insurgency lead to the death of 4-5000 (unofficial) people an...
During the early 1980s, as the Tamil insurgency to the north became more intense, there was a marked shift in the ideology and goals of the JVP. Initially Marxist in orientation, and claiming to represent the oppressed of both the Tamil and Sinhalesecommunities, the group emerged increasingly as a Sinhalese nationalist organization opposing any com...
Adroitly exploiting the arrival of the Indian Peace Keeping Forceand the widespread nationalist sentiments of large sections of the Sinhala people, the JVP began to terrorise both the state machinery and those sections of civil society opposed to its thinking and almost brought the State to its knees. Organised in cells of three people and based ar...
According to international terrorism expert Dr. Rohan Gunaratna's research, JVP killed 30 politicians, 23 academics, 1 clergy, 2 government officials, 89 civilians and 61 service personnel, from July 1987 to January 1990. Rest of the killings (21 armed fighters) are attributed to state or state sponsored death squads.[a]A European delegation estima...
Following the insurrection, the JVP was relaunched and participated in electoral politics. At the parliamentary elections held on 2 April 2004, the party was part of the United People's Freedom Alliance that won 45.6% of the popular vote and 105 out of 225 seats. As the second partner in this alliance it became part of the government. It also suppo...
The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt or the JVP troubles, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka, led by the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, against the Government of Sri Lanka.
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On 15 April 1987, the JVP launched the attack on the SLAF detachment in Pallekele in Kandy. Assisted by a SLAF deserter, Mahinda, under the directions of Shantha Bandara and Gemunu (Premakumar Gunaratnam), the JVP seized 12 Type 56 assault rifles, seven sub-machine guns and ammunition.
Phase V: 1987–89 – the JVP resurgence, precipitated largely by the signing of the Indo-Sri Lanka Agreement, characterized by mass terror and unprecedented intra-group violence by the JVP and gov-ernment forces.
The attack on the Magazine prison was an attack carried by Deshapremi Janatha Viyaparaya (Patriotic People's Movement), the armed wing of the JVP which was staging a rebellion within Sri Lanka. [1] Background. In the late 1980s, the country was under a tense situation with two insurgencies ravaging northern and southern parts of Sri Lanka. [2] .
