1985 in Sri Lanka

Decades:	; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s;
See also:	Other events of 1985; Timeline of Sri Lankan history;

The following lists events that happened during 1985 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

Events

Sri Lankan Civil War
- Eelam War I
14 May – Anuradhapura massacre: 146 civilians are killed in Anuradhapura during a massacre carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. This was the largest massacre of Sinhalese civilians by the LTTE to date.^[1]
25 August–22 September – The Indian cricket team tours in Sri Lanka.
8–10 November – 1985 Muttur massacre: In an attack coordinated by the Sri Lankan Military, leaving 30–100 Tamil civilians and militants are killed in the town of Muttur

Notes

a. ^{^} Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9

Sources

THE NORTHEAST SECRETARIAT ON HUMAN RIGHTS (NESOHR). Massacres of Tamils (1956-2008)p. 14–15. Chennai: Manitham Publishers, 2009. ISBN 978-81-909737-0-0

References

^ "Sri Lanka Tamil Terror -- Monday, May. 27, 1985 -- Page 1 -- TIME". Time. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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[1] "Sri Lanka Tamil Terror -- Monday, May. 27, 1985 -- Page 1 -- TIME". Time. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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