KILINOCHCHI - LONG MARCH TO FREEDOM:
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009Courtesy: Daily News
Sachitra Mahendra
“Kilinochchi can be described as one of the prominent districts which has produced several illustrious Tamil political figures like V.Anandasangaree……”
The ground-breaking achievement of the strategically important Kilinochchi summons a historical retrospect of northern Sri Lanka as a whole.
Sri Lanka’s arresting geographical position had been more of an Achilles heel as it attracted foreign invaders a good number of times, long before the European involvement. The island had to deal with the major threats of the giant-built neighbour, especially South India. (more…)
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