What was the code name of the operation by IPKF to take control of Jaffna from the LTTE in 1987?

Operation Pawan
The first IPKF operation was launched on 9 October 1987. Code-named Operation Pawan (Hindi for Wind), it was expected to neutralize LTTE operational capability in and around Jaffna.

What IPKF did in Sri Lanka?

The main task of the IPKF was to disarm the different militant groups, not just the LTTE. It was to be quickly followed by the formation of an Interim Administrative Council. These were the tasks as per the terms of the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord, signed at the behest of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

What is the full form of IPKF?

Indian Peace-Keeping Force.

What is LTTE full form?

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), also known as the Tamil Tigers, are a separatist group in Sri Lanka. In May 2009, the Sri Lankan government declared the twenty-six year long conflict had ended.

Why was IPKF a failure?

COLOMBO: General Cyril Ranatunga, chief of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) and Defence Secretary when the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was in Sri Lanka, says that one of the main reasons why the IPKF did not succeed in its mission to restore peace in the island was that it was over confident and unwilling to …

What was the role of the IPKF in the Sri Lanka War?

It was formed under the mandate of the 1987 Indo-Sri Lankan Accord that aimed to end the Sri Lankan Civil War between Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups such as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan military. [1] The main task of the IPKF was to disarm the different militant groups, not just the LTTE.

Who are the LTTE in Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is the only terrorist group which once possessed its own ‘Military’ – Tigers (infantry), Sea Tigers (sea wing) and Air Tigers (Air Wing), in the world, began its armed campaign in Sri Lanka for a separate Tamil homeland in 1983.

What was the relationship between the LTTE and IPKF like?

But the LTTE and IPKF continued to have frequent hostilities. In April 1989, the Ranasinghe Premadasa government ordered the Sri Lanka Army to clandestinely hand over arms consignments to the LTTE to fight the IPKF and its proxy Tamil National Army (TNA).

What is the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was the Indian military contingent performing a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990.