The Supreme Court declares unlawful the 1987 merger of the Northern and Eastern provinces to form a single Tamil dominated North Eastern Province under the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.
Timeline of events under "JVP" issue
Following the legal challenge by the JVP, the Supreme Court orders that implementation of certain clauses of the PTOMS agreement should be suspended until a final court determination, stopping short of declaring the agreement illegal.
The People’s Alliance and the JVP jointly campaign against any interim administration for North East, claiming it would be a first step towards a separate Tamil state.
Government forces capture and kill JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera and his deputy in Colombo.
Popular actor and political leader Vijaya Kumaratunga is shot dead by two gunmen on a motorbike. He was married to former Sri Lankan president, Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Assassination of Daya Pathirana, the leader of the Independent Students Union (ISU) of the University of Colombo allegedly by the JVP.
In protest to the Indian presence, a resurrected JVP orchestrates a second armed uprising.
The government proscribes the JVP, Communist Party (CP) and the NLSSP.
The JVP holds a rally in Jaffna aiming to contest the elections in the North and East.
The JVP participates in the District Development Council (DDC) elections, winning a couple of seats in the DDC. During this period, the Election Commissioner formally recognised the JVP as a legitimate political party.
State of emergency lifted. Ban on the JVP party is lifted.
The Commission mandated to hear the 1971 rebellion case delivers sentences against the JVP insurgents.
Rohana Wijeweera, the leader of the JVP, is charged with "conspiracy to overthrow the lawfully elected government and waging war against it". He delivers his defence speech before the Criminal Justice Commission.
The Attorney General frames charges on four counts including "conspiracy to overthrow the lawfully elected government and waging war against it" against 41 suspects in the case of the JVP insurgency; 40 are actually charged.
