IPKF

E543298

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
IPKF canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.