Operation Rana Gosa

Operation Rana Gosa, (battle cry in Sinhala), was an operation fought during the Sri Lankan Civil War as part of Eelam War III launched on 4 March 1999. The Operation resulted in the Sri Lankan Army re-capturing of 535 square kilometres of territory previously occupied by the LTTE.[1]

Operation Rana Gosa
Part of Sri Lankan civil war
Date
  • 4 March – 12 May 1999 (1999-03-04 – 1999-05-12)
    (2 months and 8 days)
Location
Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Result Sri Lankan Army victory
Territorial
changes		 535 square kilometres of territory re-captured.
Belligerents
 Sri Lanka Army Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Srilal Weerasooriya Velupillai Prabhakaran

See also
  • List of Sri Lankan Civil War battles

References
  1. Athas, Iqbal. "The Situation Report Tigers' mini-bomb campaign IRA style". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

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