Synonyms for thandikulam or Related words with thandikulam

omanthai              mankulam              mullaitivu              muttur              pooneryn              kebithigollewa              chundikulam              mattalan              kokkilai              oddusuddan              kilinochchi              vidattaltivu              lakhau              aranthalawa              valvettiturai              thevipuram              flamanda              alampil              myitkyina              laksaur              shroma              wairopi              pokkanai              valayanmadam              maungdaw              akhnur              kokavil              panjwai              wirawila              samarrah              palel              meiktila              columbuthurai              uzdol              thunukkai              sventiany              tokhar              shabqadar              olumadu              bishenpur              rathedaung              iranaipalai              chawinda              kantalai              marjah              paranthan              vaddakachchi              welikanda              jayanthipura              karachchi             



Examples of "thandikulam"
The Thandikulam–Omanthai offensive was a battle for the control of the towns of Thandikulam and Omanthai in Sri Lanka in June 1997.
Thandikulam railway station ( "Tāṇṭikkuḷam toṭaruntu nilaiyam") is a railway station in the town of Thandikulam in northern Sri Lanka. Owned by Sri Lanka Railways, the state-owned railway operator, the station is part of the Northern Line which links the north with the capital Colombo. The popular Yarl Devi service calls at the station. The station was not functioning between 1990 and 2009 due to the civil war. It was re-opened on 6 June 2009.
The Massacre at Thandikulam is a disputed event which occurred during Sri Lankan Civil War. It took place on November 19, 2006 when suspected LTTE carders exploded an Improvised explosive device (an IED) targeting a military truck killing five Sri Lanka Army soldiers. Five students of the Thandikulam Agriculture Farm School were also killed in either the explosion or the subsequent gunfight that followed. , investigations are ongoing to ascertain the cause of their deaths.
The incident happened when a bomb exploded targeting a Sri Lanka Army truck transporting military personnel, and it was followed by gun fire at Thandikulam, Vauniya on November 19, 2006. This bomb exploded 10 meters away from Thandikulam Agriculture Farm School which is managed by the Sri Lankan Government at around 9.45am. Sri Lanka Police and Security forces alleged that this Claymore type directional mine was placed by the LTTE, which is a rebel group banned as a terrorist organisation by 32 countries including the United States, India and the member states of the European union. But LTTE denied these allegations.
The LTTE also staged a number of counterattacks against SLA positions throughout the campaign. One was during June 1997, when the Tigers launched attacks on the SLA-held towns of Thandikulam and Omanthai. A pro-LTTE website claimed that the attacks left 700 SLA soldiers dead and some 1,500 wounded in contrast to only 165 dead rebels.
After the war ended in 2009, work started to rebuild the track and restore the Yal Devi service to Kankesanturai, under the Uthuru Mithuru Project. Initially, the service was extended to Thandikulam, With effect from 13 October 2014 it has been begun services up to Newly rebuilt JAFFNA railway station after 24 Years. The restoration of northern railway tracks project has been funded by the Line of Credit provided by the Government of India.
The Sri Lankan government regained control of most the Jaffna Peninsula, including Jaffna, in 1995 but no effort was made to rebuild the "Northern Line" or the stations along it. Following the end of the civil war in May 2009, the government initiated various projects to rebuild the "Northern Line" from Vavuniya to Kankesanthurai. The line between Vavuniya and Omanthai was rebuilt by the Sri Lankan military. Thandikulam Railway Station was re-opened on 6 June 2009 and Omanthai Railway Station was re-opened on 27 May 2011.
The Sri Lankan government regained control of most the Jaffna Peninsula, including Jaffna, in 1995 but no effort was made to rebuild the northern line or the stations along it. Following the end of the civil war in May 2009 the government initiated various projects to rebuild the northern line from Vavuniya to Kankesanthurai. The line between Vavuniya and Omanthai was rebuilt by the Sri Lankan military. Thandikulam railway station was re-opened on 6 June 2009 and Omanthai railway station was re-opened on 27 May 2011.
The battle began on June 10, 1997, when LTTE fighters attacked the garrison at Thandikulam. They destroyed the bridge on the edge of town so no reinforcements could arrive. While the fighting was raging an arms dump was hit by a rocket, causing a huge explosion that resulted in many casualties. Another dump was also hit shortly after and caused the same result. Helicopter gunships were sent to try to assist the besiedged soldiers, but one of them was badly damaged. Finally the city fell and the Tigers held it for two days, taking everything they could.
Initially the Pro rebel LTTE media placed the blame on the government saying the army had entered the Thandikulam Agriculture Farm School, lined up the uniformed hostel students and shot at them blank range after the explosion and later it was followed by the international media agencies and by the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission. But military sources denied these allegations and said, following a claymore attack on an army truck killing five soldiers, the LTTE open fired on the troops using the farm school as a shield. The dead students were caught in the crossfire.