Sri Lankan Army (1952-2000) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (2000-2009) Sri Lankan Army (2009-present)
Site history
Built
1952
Battles/wars
First Battle of Elephant Pass Second Battle of Elephant Pass Third Battle of Elephant Pass
Elephant Pass, (Tamil: ஆனையிறவு, romanized: Āṉaiyiṟavu, Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ Alimankada)[1] Northern Province, Sri Lanka is located in the gateway of Jaffna Peninsula. It lies about 340 km north of the capital. It has an important military base and used to be the island's largest salt field. It was regularly the site of battles during the civil war.
^"Aanai-vizhunthaan-ku'lam, Aliyaa-wætuna-wæwa". TamilNet. April 5, 2013.
ElephantPass, (Tamil: ஆனையிறவு, romanized: Āṉaiyiṟavu, Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ Alimankada) Northern Province, Sri Lanka is located in the gateway of Jaffna...
The Second Battle of ElephantPass (code-named Operation Unceasing Waves III (ஓயாத அலைகள் மூன்று) by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), was fought...
Battle of ElephantPass: First Battle of ElephantPass, fought in July, 1991, for control of the Sri Lankan military base of ElephantPass Second Battle...
In the Third battle of ElephantPass, ElephantPass was recaptured from the Tamil Tigers by the armed forces of the Sri Lankan Army. Mahinda Rajapaksa...
The First Battle of ElephantPass (Codenamed Operation Aakaya Kadal Veli, which means 'Air-Sea-Plain' by LTTE) was fought in July 1991 for the control...
Anthony Brigade, which distinguished itself during the Second Battle of ElephantPass in which Balraj landed by sea (rather than by land) on the Jaffna peninsula...
Road from ElephantPass may refer to: The Road from ElephantPass (film), the film directed by Chandran Rutnum The Road from ElephantPass (novel), the...
ElephantPass set to trigger political crisis in Sri Lanka". World Socialist Web Site. 25 April 2000. Retrieved 7 August 2006. "Tigers seize Elephant...
Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), the African...
history. Operation Balavegaya was launched in response to the siege of ElephantPass by the LTTE. It is believed that Operation Balavegaya was the largest...
ElephantPass Fort (Tamil: ஆனையிறவுக் கோட்டை, romanized: Āṉaiyiṟavuk Kōṭṭai; Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ බලකොටුව Alimankada Balakotuwa) was a small fort in the strategically...
ElephantPass railway station (Tamil: ஆனையிறவு தொடருந்து நிலையம் Āṉaiyiṟavu toṭaruntu nilaiyam) (Sinhala: අලිමංකඩ අඛණ්ඩ දුම්රිය ස්ථානය) is a railway station...
gallantry awarded by the Sri Lanka Army for his actions during the ElephantPass Siege, in which he was killed. Gamini Kularatne was the second son of...
African elephants are members of the genus Loxodonta comprising two living elephant species, the African bush elephant (L. africana) and the smaller African...
of the Sri Lankan Civil War most notably during the First Battle of ElephantPass in which at least one Daimler was knocked out. Second World War Korean...
Sri Lankan Army officer, who was the Deputy GOC, 54 Division based at ElephantPass and prior to which he was the brigade commander of the independent Special...
rainforests. Seeds of various plants will go through the elephant's digestive tract and eventually pass through in the animal's droppings (likely in a new location...
elephant was given conditional permission to participate in Thrissur Pooram on 11 May 2019, after a team of three veterinarians had the elephantpass...
culminated in the capture in April 2000 of the strategically important ElephantPass base complex, located at the entrance of the Jaffna Peninsula, after...
First Battle of ElephantPass in which the LTTE besieged the army garrison of a full battalion strength at the strategic ElephantPass from 10 July to...
A war elephant was an elephant that was trained and guided by humans for combat. The war elephant's main use was to charge the enemy, break their ranks...
the screenplay, produced, directed and edited the film The Road from ElephantPass, which was a Finalist Award Winner at the New York International Television...
lagoon and the Indian Ocean. The lagoon is sometimes referred to as ElephantPass Lagoon. The lagoon is fed by a number of small rivers from the south...
Northern Province. The brigade made history during the Second Battle of ElephantPass when it became the first non-state military regiment to defeat an entire...
that, during this period, some of the most vital wireless messages were passed between the LTTE operatives based in Tamil Nadu and Jaffna. These messages...