| Nalin Angammana | |
|---|---|
|
200px Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana | |
| Native name | ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන |
| Born | 1945 |
| Died | 1995 (aged 49–50) |
| Place of birth | Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Place of death | Batticaloa, Sri Lanka |
| Allegiance |
 Sri Lanka |
| Service/branch | Sri Lanka Army |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Sri Lanka Engineers |
| Commands held | General Officer Commanding, 3rd Army Division |
| Battles/wars | |
Lieutenant General Nalin Angammana (Sinhalese language: ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන) (1945 – 1995), Commander of Sri Lanka's 3rd army division, was one of the distinguished Generals in the Sri Lanka army.[1][2] He is the most senior officer of Sri Lanka Army to be killed in battlefield during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Angammana was educated at Dharmaraja College, Kandy.[3] He was commissioned to the Sri Lanka Engineers corps as he joined the Army. On July 30, 1995, when he was returning from an investigation into a terrorist attack on a government camp, the vehicle he was returning, caught in a land mine buried by the LTTE.[4] Angammana, with 3 other officers was killed due to the explosion. 13 other soldiers were injured.
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "LTTE's three times lucky terror at Katunayake". Sunday Times. 2001. http://sundaytimes.lk/010729/sitrep.html. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka Army". Nowpublic. http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sri-lanka-army. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Dharmaraja honours her war heroes". The Island. 2009. http://www.island.lk/2009/07/30/news29.html. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Brigadier Nalin Angammana,". CNN. 1995. http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0112/feat2.html. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
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