IPKF

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IPKF was an Indian military contingent deployed to Sri Lanka from 1987 to 1990 to enforce peace during the Sri Lankan Civil War under the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian military contingent ⓘ
military force ⓘ
peacekeeping force ⓘ
abbreviation IPKF ⓘ
activeYears 1987–1990 ⓘ
aftermath political backlash in India ⓘ
rise of anti-Indian sentiment in Sri Lanka ⓘ
casualtiesIndianForces over 1,000 killed ⓘ
several thousand wounded ⓘ
commander Lieutenant General A. S. Kalkat ⓘ
Lieutenant General Depinder Singh ⓘ
commandStructure Southern Command of Indian Army ⓘ
conflict Eelam War II ⓘ
Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ
country India ⓘ
deployedIn Sri Lanka ⓘ
endTime 1990 ⓘ
fullName Indian Peace Keeping Force ⓘ
hasBranch Indian Air Force ⓘ
Indian Army ⓘ
Indian Navy ⓘ
headquartersLocation Palaly Military Base ⓘ
invitedBy Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ
languageOfAcronym English ⓘ
legalBasis Indo-Sri Lanka Accord ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Jaffna ⓘ
notableControversy civilian casualties in Sri Lanka ⓘ
strained India–Sri Lanka relations ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Pawan ⓘ
operatedBy Indian Armed Forces ⓘ
opposedBy Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ⓘ
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ⓘ
partOf Indian Army ⓘ
purpose enforce peace in Sri Lanka ⓘ
implement Indo-Sri Lanka Accord ⓘ
relatedTo India–Sri Lanka relations ⓘ
Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord of 1987 ⓘ
role counter-insurgency operations ⓘ
peace enforcement ⓘ
startTime 1987 ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
supportedBy Government of India ⓘ
theater Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
typeOfMission bilateral peacekeeping ⓘ
withdrawalCompleted March 1990 ⓘ

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