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leftists and minor state employees in the name of a patriotic war against the IPKF, Kumara was a true believer who actually planned and possibly participated in an ambush of an IPKF unit. The morning after, the JVP leadership contacted the Indian Deputy High
Commissioner and profusely apologised, promising never to repeat that.
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While there are multiple official accounts that claim the DJV was the armed wing of the JVP, there is no convincing evidence to confirm this, as the DJV members never swore allegiance to the JVP or any of its party organizations. However, the JVP claims: DJV was founded by JVP to operate as a frontal
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infantry vehicle. The cadre then rushed into the vehicle and stole an Indian Light
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According to most sources, led by Saman Piyasiri Fernando,
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Johari, J.C. (1991). "The Indo-Sri Lanka Accord of 1987".
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807:Understanding South Asia
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1629:Home Guards
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1284:Governments
844:Tamil Times
690:Johari 1991
348:John Rettie
229:Bank heists
181:nationalism
142:Piliyandala
2778:Categories
2743:Quotations
2700:Wikisource
2684:Wiktionary
2576:Casualties
2553:War crimes
2013:Thoppigala
1983:Oddusuddan
1928:Balavegaya
1676:Sea Tigers
1671:Air Tigers
1571:Combatants
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478:See also:
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121:Allegiance
79:Foundation
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