The 1971 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) insurrection (also known as the 1971 Revolt) was the first of two unsuccessful armed revolts conducted by the Marxist–Leninist communist party against the socialist United Front Government of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) under Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. The revolt began on this day in 1971, and lasted until June of that year. The insurgents captured over 76 police strongholds throughout the island and held towns and rural areas for several weeks, until the regions were recaptured by the armed forces, following strong support from friendly nations that sent men and material. Although this first attempt to seize power was quickly crushed by force, in 1987 the JVP launched a low intensity insurgency in the island’s southern, central and western regions after the Indo-Sri Lanka accord was signed, that lasted several years. The motive for both uprisings was to establish a socialist state.
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Caption- A police station in ruins after an insurgent attack. JVP in total destroyed 75 police stations similarly – Wikipedia