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3594:Karuna Amman
3273:Major events
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2922:in the 1970s
2912:Black Tigers
2687:British Army
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2645:Bikram Singh
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332:(1999-02-08)
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4020:1999 deaths
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3698:V. P. Singh
3584:Pottu Amman
3480:Dick Perera
3437:H. A. Silva
3234:Point Pedro
3219:A-9 highway
3199:Jayasikurui
3194:Vavunathivu
3084:Eelam War I
2860:Home Guards
2731:(1983–2009)
2673:(incumbent)
2665:Manoj Pande
2655:Bipin Rawat
2449:Indian Army
2365:(2021–2022)
2356:Bipin Rawat
2351:(2020–2021)
2331:Bipin Rawat
2321:Sunil Lanba
2106:Arjan Singh
2040:(1947–2019)
1989:Hriday Kaul
1684:Tribune.com
1547:India Today
1528:Ashoka Lion
1504:Tudor Crown
1465:Indian Army
1443:Indian Army
1423:Indian Army
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1260:Indian Army
961:India Today
941:Thar Desert
854:, north of
732:mission in
569:Indian Army
446:Indian Army
379:Nickname(s)
247:Preceded by
149:, the name
147:Indian name
121:August 2013
4009:Categories
3974:Quotations
3931:Wikisource
3915:Wiktionary
3807:Casualties
3784:War crimes
3244:Thoppigala
3214:Oddusuddan
3159:Balavegaya
2907:Sea Tigers
2902:Air Tigers
2802:Combatants
2793:Black July
2221:S. K. Kaul
1961:K K Hazari
1721:14 January
1632:pib.gov.in
1554:References
1297:Lieutenant
1277:Lieutenant
836:sycophancy
761:Bangladesh
759:sector of
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392:Allegiance
316:Tamil Nadu
296:Chengelpet
289:1928-04-28
224:Zail Singh
159:given name
155:patronymic
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3978:Wikiquote
3947:Wikibooks
3943:Textbooks
3856:Non-state
3851:Terrorism
3817:Massacres
3764:Reactions
3735:Aftermath
3603:Political
3472:Air Force
3346:Sri Lanka
3189:Sath Jaya
2897:Divisions
2843:Air Force
2819:Sri Lanka
2316:Arup Raha
1970:S K Sinha
1946:G S Rawat
1742:The Hindu
1612:19 August
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1217:Component
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852:Zimithang
734:the Congo
659:New Delhi
611:Rajasthan
455:1945–1988
339:Spouse(s)
220:President
211:In office
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3768:Protests
3742:Genocide
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1492:Dominion
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613:border.
599:howitzer
485:Commands
352:Children
145:In this
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3962:Commons
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2993:EPRLF
2983:ENDLF
2937:2000s
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2927:1980s
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1475:Notes
1337:Major
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416:India
320:India
201:13th
153:is a
112:JSTOR
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2972:list
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2838:Navy
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2828:Army
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