Burning of Jaffna Public Library - Wikipedia
On the night of June 1, according to many eyewitnesses, police and government-sponsored paramilitias set fire to the Jaffna public library and destroyed it completely. [2][10] Over 97,000 …
List of destroyed libraries - Wikipedia
Library fires have happened sporadically through the centuries: notable examples are the destruction of the Library of Alexandria, the destruction of Library of Nalanda in India and the …
The Burning of Jaffna Public Library: Sri Lanka’s First Step …
It was May 31, 1981 when early signs of the looming civil war broke out on the Jaffna peninsula of northern Sri Lanka. An organized Sinhala mob carried out an arson attack on the...
Jaffna Public Library - Wikipedia
The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library [2] During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, …
Burning of Jaffna Public Library - Simple English Wikipedia, the …
The burning of the Jaffna Public Library (Tamil: யாழ் பொது நூலகம் எரிப்பு) was an attack at the central library in the city of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It was one of the events that …
The burning of the Jaffna library: 31 years on - Groundviews
Jun 1, 2012 · 31 years ago, the public library in Jaffna was burnt. As noted online, at the time of its destruction, the library was one of the biggest in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and …
Burning of the Jaffna Public Library – Ilankai Tamil Sangam
On 01 June 1981, Jaffna Public Library was reduced to ash by the premeditated willful and malicious act of then Sri Lankan government with the presence of two cabinet ministers …
LankaWeb – WHO BURNT THE JAFFNA LIBRARY?
Jul 24, 2021 · Edward Gunawardena’s memoirs Courtesy The Island. The burning of the Jaffna public library in 1981 is not only a controversial subject, it is a sensitive one. Much has been …
LankaWeb – THE JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY Part 1 (Revised)
May 27, 2019 · No one had heard of the Jaffna Public Library until it was burnt down in 1981. Then it suddenly became the greatest library in South and Southeast Asia. The Jaffna Public …
LankaWeb – THE JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY Part 2 (Revised)
May 27, 2019 · On the night of June 1, 1981, the Jaffna public Library was burned. The burning of the library lasted the entire night. Yogendra Duraiswamy, then GA, Jaffna, requested the Navy …