What the records say
- When
- 1989 – 1990
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 449
- Coordinates
- 6.97° N, 80.77° E
- Incompatibility
- government
- Type of conflict
- intrastate
- Region
- Asia
- Location
- Sri Lanka
- Side a
- Government of Sri Lanka
- Side b
- JVP
Placed at the middle of its 101 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
1987–1989 JVP insurrection
Armed revolt in Sri Lanka
The 1987–1989 JVP insurrection, also known as the 1988–1989 revolt, was an armed revolt in Sri Lanka led by the Marxist–Leninist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) against the Government of Sri Lanka, then led by the right-wing United National Party (UNP). The insurrection, like the previous one in 1971, was unsuccessful.
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The source
- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
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