Indian Peace Keeping Force Memorial is a war monument located on the Ape Gama premises near the Parliament Complex in Battaramulla in Colombo.
Indian Peace Keeping Force Memorial I ndian Peace Keeping Force Memorial or IPKF Monument (Sinhala: ඉන්දීය සාම සාධක හමුදා ස්මාරකය) is a war monument located on the Ape Gama premises near the Parliament Complex in Battaramulla in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It was erected in honour of the Indian troops killed in the north and east of Sri Lanka between 1987 and 1990. IPKF Mission in Sri Lanka Under the mandate of the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) came to Sri Lanka on 30 July 1987 at the request of the then Sri Lanka President J. R. Jayawardena (office: 1978-1989) to undertake peacekeeping operations in the ongoing civil war in Sri Lanka (Chari, 1994; Ouellet, 2011). It had to fight against Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) guerrillas to prevent the break-up of Sri Lanka along ethnic lines and ensure territorial integrity. This operation was carried out under the code name "Operation Pawan" (Ouellet, 2011). However, in 1989, at the request of the then Sri Lanka President R.…
