1995 in Sri Lanka

The following lists events that happened during 1995 in Sri Lanka.

← 1994 1993 1992 1995 in Sri Lanka → 1996 1997 1998
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1995 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

Incumbents

• President: Chandrika Kumaratunga
• Prime Minister: Sirimavo Bandaranaike^[1]
• Chief Justice: G. P. S. de Silva

Governors

• Central Province – E. L. Senanayake
• North Central Province – Maithripala Senanayake
• North Eastern Province – vacant (until 13 January); Gamini Fonseka (starting 13 January)
• North Western Province – Anandatissa de Alwis (until 12 January); Hector Arawwawala (starting 12 January)
• Sabaragamuwa Province – C. N. Saliya Mathew
• Southern Province – vacant (until 12 January); Neville Kanakeratne (starting 12 January)
• Uva Province – Ananda Dassanayake (starting January)
• Western Province – K. Vignarajah (starting January)

Chief Ministers

• Central Province – W. M. P. B. Dissanayake
• North Central Province – G. D. Mahindasoma
• North Western Province – Nimal Bandara
• Sabaragamuwa Province – Jayatilake Podinilame
• Southern Province – Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
• Uva Province – Percy Samaraweera
• Western Province – Morris Rajapaksa (until 11 July); Susil Premajayanth (starting 13 July)

Events

• Sri Lankan Civil War
  • Eelam War II
  • Eelam War III
• 25 May – Kallarawa massacre: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam perpetuate a massacre, killing 42 Sinhalese civilians after LTTE cadres stormed the area.^[2]
• 22 September – Nagerkovil school bombing: The Sri Lankan Air Force bombs the Nagar Kovil Maha Vidyalayam school in Jaffna, resulting in the deaths of roughly 34–71 Sri Lankan Tamil civilians based on multiple accounts.^[3]

Notes

a. ^{^} Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9