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Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was the Indian military contingent performing a peacekeeping operation in Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990. It was formed under the mandate of the peace accord signed between India and Sri Lanka in 1987 that was designed to end the conflict between Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and Sri Lankan armed forces. Its task was to enforce the terms of the accord, and maintain peace. and was inducted into Sri Lanka on the request of the then President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene under the terms of the Indo-Sri Lanka accord.
The force was initially not expected to be involved in any significant combat by the Indian High Command. However, within a few months, the IPKF became embroiled in battle with the LTTE to enforce peace. In the two years it was in northern Sri Lanka, the IPKF launched a number of combat operations aimed at destroying the LTTE-led insurgency. It was also accused during this time of having committed a number of Human Rights violations— mainly by the LTTE. but also by some neutral organisations.
The IPKF began withdrawing from Sri Lanka in 1989, following the election of the V P Singh Government in India, and on the request of the newly elected Sri Lankan president, Ranasinghe Premadasa. The last IPKF contingents left Sri Lanka in March 1990.
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| Author: Vidya 23 May 2008 | Member Level: Diamond Points : 2 |
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