Proper noun
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Jaffna
A city in northern Sri Lanka
Basic civil law is Roman-Dutch, but laws pertaining to marriage, divorce, and inheritance are communal, known as respectively as Kandyan, Thesavalamai (Jaffna Tamil) and Muslim (Roman-Dutch law applies to Low-country Sinhalese, Estate Tamils and others). Source: Internet
A youth has been killed in Polgahawela after being hit by an express train traveling from Colombo to Jaffna. Source: Internet
A stronghold of the LTTE, the battle to wrest Jaffna exacted a high toll on the units of 41 Infantry Brigade, which was commanded by Brig Singh. Source: Internet
Captain Smith was deployed to Palaly, a Sri Lankan air base in the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna that was besieged by militants. Source: Internet
About 20 kilometre north of Jaffna, this ancient temple derives its name from the legendary sage Nagula Muni. Source: Internet
Decline Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan I invaded Sri Lanka in the 13th century and defeated Chandrabanu the usurper of the Jaffna Kingdom in northern Sri Lanka. Source: Internet