| Operation Thrividha Balaya | |||||||
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| Part of Sri Lankan Civil War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Sri Lankan Military |
 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Maj. Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa | Vellupillai Prabhakaran | ||||||
Operation Thrividha Balaya was a combined military operation, the first of its kind, launched by the Sri Lankan Military in Jaffna. The Operation was carried out to break the siege of the Sri Lanka Army garrison of the old Dutch Jaffna Fort in Jaffna.