Operation Thrividha Balaya

Operation Thrividha Balaya
	Part of Sri Lankan Civil War
Date	13 September 1990
Location	Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Result	Sri Lankan victory the Sri Lankan Army breaks the siege at Jaffna fort;
Belligerents
Sri Lanka	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen Denzil Kobbekaduwa; Lt. Col. Gotabaya Rajapaksa; Lt. Col. Sarath Fonseka; Captain A. F. Lafir; Captain A.H.M. Razeek; Lieutenant Rohan Amarasinghe ; Sub Lieutenant Noyel Kalubowila; Wg. Cdr. Sunil Cabraal	Vellupillai Prabhakaran
Units involved
Sri Lanka Armed Forces Sri Lanka Army Gajaba Regiment 1st Battalion; ; Sinha Regiment 1st Battalion; ; Special Forces Regiment; ; Sri Lanka Navy; Sri Lanka Air Force; ;	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Operation Thrividha Balaya was a combined military operation, the first of its kind, launched by the Sri Lankan Military in Jaffna. The operation was carried out to break the siege of the Sri Lanka Army garrison of the old Dutch Jaffna Fort in Jaffna.