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Burning of Jaffna library

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Burning of Jaffna library, Historic library in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Name: Burning of Jaffna library
Address: LK

The Jaffna Public Library was once one of the largest libraries in Asia.

The burning of the Jaffna Public Library in 1981 is a pivotal point in Sri Lankan civil conflict history.

The library held over 97,000 books and manuscripts, some irreplaceable with historic value.

The incident significantly affected the local Tamil community and their cultural heritage.

Destroyed in an act of arson by organized mobs, symbolizing the ethnic tensions within Sri Lanka.

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