Operation Trishul

Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan Civil War

Poomalai Pawan Trishul Viraat Checkmate Jaffna University Helidrop

Sri Lankan Civil War

Mass graves: Chemmani; Duraiappa; Mirusuvil; Sooriyakanda

Massacres: Black July; 1985 Valvettiturai; Kumudini; Akkaraipattu; Prawn farm; Eastern University; 1990 Batticaloa; 1991 Kokkadichcholai; Jaffna lagoon; Navaly; Nagerkovil-Allaipiddy; Vankalai; Muttur; Kent and Dollar Farm; Anuradhapura; Aranthalawa; Kattankudi mosque; Palliyagodella; Kallarawa; October 1995; Gonagala; Kebithigollewa; Jaffna Hospital; 1989 Valvettiturai

Operation Trishul (Sanskrit: त्रिशूल Triśūla, lit. "Operation Trishul"), along with Operation Viraat, was an anti-insurgency operation launched by the IPKF against the LTTE in April 1988 in Northern Sri Lanka, in the provinces of Maannar to Mullaitivu and Elephant Pass to Vavuniya.^[1]

The operation was planned as a result of the evolving doctrine among the Indian high command of conducting search and destroy missions against LTTE strongholds instead of holding key strongpoints.

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