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Lieutenant General Nalin K. B. Angammana (Sinhala: ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන) (1945 – 1995) was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer, who was the former General Officer Commanding, 3 Division.
Nalin Angammana † | |
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| Native name | ලුතිනන් ජෙනරාල් නලින් අංගම්මන |
| Born | 1945 Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Died | 1995 (aged 49–50) Batticaloa, Sri Lanka |
| Allegiance | Sri Lanka |
| Service/ |  Sri Lanka Army |
| Rank |  Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Sri Lanka Engineers |
| Commands held | 3 Division, 1 Field Engineer Regiment |
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Early life and education edit
Born in Kandy, Angammana was educated at Dharmaraja College, Kandy.[1]
Military career edit
Joining the Ceylon Army, Angammana as an officer cadet and received his basic officer training at the Army Training Centre, Diyatalawa. Thereafter he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the 1 Field Engineer Regiment, Sri Lanka Engineers. He attended the dthe Defence Services Staff College, Wellington gaining the Psc qualification and served as the commanding officer of the 1 Field Engineer Regiment from March 1987 to September 1988. He was serving as the General Officer Commanding, 3 Division when he was killed on 30 July 1995. He was returning to his headquarters following an inspection of army detachment that had been attacked the LTTE few hours prior. His vehicle hit a pressure mine buried by the LTTE off Valaichenai the resulting explosion killed Major General Angammana and three other officers and wounded 13 other soldiers.[2][3] He is the most senior officer of Sri Lanka Army to be killed in the field during the Sri Lankan Civil War, he was posthumously promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and the Lieutenant General N K B Angammana Memorial Hall named in his honor at the regimental headquarters of the Sri Lanka Engineers.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Dharmaraja honours her war heroes". The Island. 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ Ferdinando, Shamindra. "A spate of military debacles in North War on terror revisited:". Island. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "LTTE's three times lucky terror at Katunayake". Sunday Times. 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Brigadier Nalin Angammana,". CNN. 1995. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2011.