Insurgency, 1971: An Account of the April Insurrection in Sri Lanka |
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5th April Ambalangoda Amparai Anuradhapura April insurrection arms and ammunition Army arrested assistance attack Badulla Bala Tampoe Balapattawa Batapola Athula bombs Bopage camp capitalist capture Cecil Chandra Ceylon charge Colombo commenced Commission Communist comrades constables Criminal Justice Commission decided Deniyaya Dharmasekera discussed District Secretary election Elpitiya explosives fire guns hand-bombs injured inquiry insurgent activity insurgents Jaffna Jaffna prison Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna jeep jungle Kandy Karunaratne Kataragama Kegalle killed Kumanayake Loku Athula lorry Maha Vidyalaya Manju March Marxist Matale Matara meeting ment Molotov cocktails movement night Nimal organisation party patrol Peking wing Peradeniya Peradeniya University personnel persons Piyasiri Piyatileke Podi Athula police station Politbureau political Polonnaruwa Premawathie Manamperi proletariat Ranjith revolution revolutionary road rural Sanath security forces Sinhala Sinharaja Somasiri Sri Lanka statement Sunanda Sunil Ratnasiri Susil suspects Tilekeratne Tissamaharama took University Uyangoda Vidyodaya village Viraj Wijesuriya Wijeweera Wijeypala youth