{"id":14284,"date":"2021-03-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/current_affairs\/uncategorized\/09-03-2021\/indias-participation-in-slaf-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2021-03-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T00:00:00","slug":"indias-participation-in-slaf-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/09-03-2021\/indias-participation-in-slaf-anniversary","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Participation in SLAF Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, <strong>India has participated<\/strong> in the <strong>three-day event in Colombo<\/strong> to mark the <strong>70th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force<\/strong> (SLAF).<\/p>\n<p><strong>India\u2019s Participation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A team of <strong>4 Sarang Advanced Light Helicopters<\/strong>, <strong>Surya Kiran<\/strong> (Hawks), <strong>Tejas Fighter Aircraft<\/strong>, <strong>Tejas Trainer<\/strong> and the <strong>Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft <\/strong>from India took part.<\/li>\n<li>India participated in a <strong>flypast and aerobatic display event<\/strong> with the SLAF, held by <strong>Colombo\u2019s seafront<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>last time<\/strong> India took part in such an event was in <strong>2001<\/strong>, on the <strong>occasion of the SLAF\u2019s 50th anniversary<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Significance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India played a crucial political and military role<\/strong> during <strong>Sri Lanka\u2019s civil war<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Sri Lankan leaders have <strong>acknowledged the presence<\/strong> of the <strong>Indian Peace Keeping Force<\/strong> (IPKF) and \u2018<strong>Operation Poomalai<\/strong>\u2019 in <strong>1987<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>Sri Lanka\u2019s post-war era<\/strong>, the military partnership between both countries has <strong>focussed mostly on training and capacity building<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>As many as <strong>1,200 Sri Lankan military personnel are trained in India every year<\/strong>, which is <strong>about 50% of the total training<\/strong> India offers.<\/li>\n<li>It shows the priority India accords to <strong>Sri Lanka<\/strong> as it has <strong>huge potential to contribute to regional security<\/strong>. Sri Lanka\u2019s <strong>strategic location makes it a crucial partner<\/strong> for all countries in the region.\n<ul>\n<li>Domestically, its <strong>defence sector<\/strong> is accorded <strong>high priority<\/strong> by all governments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Through participation in the event, India <strong>seeks to reaffirm its strong defence cooperation<\/strong> with Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:624px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"height:14.1pt; vertical-align:top; width:468.0pt\">\n<p><strong>Civil War in Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>After Sri Lanks\u2019s (earlier known as <strong>Ceylon<\/strong>) <strong>independence from the British in 1948<\/strong>, the Sinhalese people, who were in majority,<strong> started passing discriminatory laws against Tamils there<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tamils were taken to Sri Lanka<\/strong> to<strong> work in plantations<\/strong> by the British.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1972<\/strong>, the government, mainly dominated by Sinhalese, changed the country\u2019s name from <strong>Ceylon to Sri Lanka<\/strong> and also made<strong> Buddhism the primary religion<\/strong>, making ways for ethnic tension.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>1976<\/strong>, the <strong>Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam<\/strong> (LTTE) was formed under the leadership of<strong> Velupillai Prabhakaran<\/strong> to represent the Tamils there.\n<ul>\n<li>It started <strong>campaigning for a Tamil homeland <\/strong>in northern and eastern Sri Lanka, where most of the Tamils reside.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In <strong>2009<\/strong>, with the <strong>defeat of LTTE<\/strong>, its conflict with the Sri Lankan government finally ended after lasting for nearly three decades.<\/li>\n<li>This <strong>civil war is one of the longest-running civil wars in Asia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/330669639727451650_image.png\" style=\"height:275px; margin-left:30px; margin-right:30px; width:401px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Image Courtesy: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/sri-lanka-war-crimes-video-womans-body-identified\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>4 News<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cfstatic.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/file_library\/mix_content\/347332269150195800_image.png\" style=\"height:559px; margin-left:30px; margin-right:30px; width:386px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>(Image Courtesy: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/worldatwar.net\/chandelle\/v3\/v3n3\/articles\/srilanka.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>World at War<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>1987<\/strong>, India and Sri Lanka<strong> signed an accord in order to end the Sri Lankan civil war<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Under it, India <strong>sent IPKF to Sri Lanka<\/strong>, which<strong> tried to solve the issue<\/strong> but <strong>ended up in a full-scale conflict with<\/strong> LTTE.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>had to be withdrawn<\/strong> in <strong>1990<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Operation Poomalai<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was the codename assigned to a <strong>mission undertaken by the Indian Air Force<\/strong> (IAF) for <strong>airdropping supplies<\/strong> over the <strong>besieged town of Jaffna<\/strong> in <strong>June 1987<\/strong> to support the Tamil Tigers.<\/li>\n<li>It is also known as <strong>Eagle Mission 4<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/india-reaffirms-defence-ties-at-slaf-70th-year-event\/article33999321.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source: TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In News Recently, India has participated in the three-day event in Colombo to mark the 70th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF). India\u2019s Participation A team of 4 Sarang Advanced Light Helicopters, Surya Kiran (Hawks), Tejas Fighter Aircraft, Tejas Trainer and the Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft from India took part. 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