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unusual facts about Sampur, Trincomalee


Kumaon Regiment

Among the areas in which Kumaon units were deployed and operated included Kilividdi of Muttur Sector, Sampur, Vellvutturai and Point Pedro.


1985 Trincomalee massacres

On 5 June 1985, an air force helicopter flew over Thiriyai, the surviving northernmost Tamil village in Trincomalee District, firing at residents (Amarivayal and Thennamaravady villages had been uprooted seven months earlier).

Arthur Palliser

Later that year, he was appointed Flag Officer and Fortress Commander at Trincomalee and also served in a staff position with the Royal Indian Navy at New Delhi.

Ati Konanayakar

This includes the association of Hindus from various parts of Trincomalee district its festival organization to the assimilation of all local non-Saiva cults within the temple premises.

Charles Lavigne

Bishop Charles Lavigne, S.J. (born 11 June 1840, Marvejols, France – died 11 December 1913, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka) was a Roman Catholic bishop in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the first bishop of Kottayam.

David G. P. Taylor

He did his National Service in the Royal Navy after which he was posted to RAF China Bay at Trincomalee, in modern day Sri Lanka, as a sub-lieutenant (special) in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves.

Hartlepool's Maritime Experience

HMS Trincomalee, a Royal Navy frigate and Britain's oldest warship afloat is at the centre of the quay.

History of Milford Haven

He spoke glowingly during a banquet held in his honour, commenting on the number of whaleships sent to the Southern Oceans, Milford's status as a primary seaport on the west coast of Britain, and culminated in comparing the harbour with that of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka as to be the two best he had ever seen.

HMS Foudroyant

HMS Trincomalee was renamed Foudroyant in 1897 whilst serving as a replacement for the wrecked schoolship.

Kailasanathar Temple

Koneswaram temple, Chola-Pallava-Pandya rock cut black granite megalithic Shiva temple of Trincomalee, also known from medieval period as Thirukonamalai Konesar Kovil and Dakshina Kailasam

M. S. Thowfeek

Thowfeek returned to Parliament in April 2010, this time representing Trincomalee for the UNF.

Mount Tzouhalem

The mountain served as the target for the cannons of HMS Trincomalee of the Royal Navy's Pacific Squadron when it signalled its arrival in Cowichan Bay.

Pacific Clipper

On the way to Trincomalee, they were confronted by a Japanese submarine, and Ford had to jam the throttles forward to climb out of range of the submarine's guns.

Railway turntable

Most are situated at the major railway yards like Kandy, Anuradhapura, Maho, Galoya, Trincomalee, Batticaloa and depots in Dematagoda and Maradana.

Robert Hedley

Hedley was posted to Ceylon where he drowned at Trincomalee on 29 January 1884, two weeks after his 27th birthday.

Sampur

Sampur, Russia, a rural locality (a selo) in Tambov Oblast, Russia

Sri Lanka Air Force Regiment

SLAF Regiment detachments have been established in Morawawa, Pulukunawa-Mahaoya, Puliyankulam, Mankulam and Poovarasnkulam and has been deployed in Trincomalee and Peraru.

Tamil Buddhism

Tamil inscriptions excavated from this site point to the attention the Cholas paid to the development of Trincomalee District as a strong Saiva Tamil principality and for their contributions to the upkeep of several shrines including the monumental Shiva Koneswaram temple of Trincomalee.

Treaty of Batticaloa

The king also had to acknowledge Dutch imperial possessions in Colombo, Matara, Kalpitiya, Galle, Trincomalee, Mannar, and Batticaloa.


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