Operation Thrividha Balaya
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Operation Thrividha Balaya was a combined military operation launched by the Sri Lankan Military in Jaffna
. The Operation was carried out to break the siege of the Sri Lanka Army garrison
of the old Dutch
Jaffna Fort in Jaffna
. The operation was successfully carried out and the garrison withdrawn.
Jaffna
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
. The Operation was carried out to break the siege of the Sri Lanka Army garrison
Garrison
Garrison is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base....
of the old Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Jaffna Fort in Jaffna
Jaffna
Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...
. The operation was successfully carried out and the garrison withdrawn.