With the recent promotion from the ranks of Brigadier to Major General, Shavendra Silva (45) becomes youngest Major General in SL Army. Major General Shavendra Silva was born in 1964 and joined SL Army as a cadet officer in 1985.
When the Humanitarian Operation starts he was serving Gajaba Regiment as Lieutenant Colonel. Based on [...]

Sri Lanka Armr today promoted three senior battle field commanders namely, Brigadier Prasana De Silva [ then Commander of 53 Division ], Brigadier Shavendra Silva [then Commander of 58 Division] and Brigadier Chagi Gallage  to the ranks of Major General.
WanniOperation.com wishes our heartiest congratulations to these commanders who played a key role in the recent war on the LTTE Terror.

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The 58 Division commanded by Brig. Shavendra Silva was in the forefront of fighting during the entire Wanni campaign, literally sprinting ahead of all other battle groups engaged in the massive operation.
The campaign ended with the crushing of the LTTE on May 18 and the 58 Division was there battling the enemy to the very [...]

The military ceremony saw Commander of the Army General Sarath Fonseka, appreciative of their roles, presented silver parchment scrolls to twelve War Heroes who were at the forefront of the battles against separatist terrorists. 
Major General G.A. Chandrasiri, Major General M. C Mendaka P Samarasinghe, Major General N. A Jagath C Dias, Major General Nandana Udawatta, [...]

Major General Jagath Dias General Officer Commanding 57 Division
An officer attached to the Gajaba Regiment, Jagath Dias took up the challenge of commanding the 57 offensive Division in the Vanni Liberation operation in the mid of Year 2007 after Brigadier Sumith Manawadu. He commanded his troops to capture sacred Madhu Church in April 25, 2008 [...]

Tamil Tigers supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran and his top aides were recently missed by a whisker by the security forces, a top 
Sri Lankan commander said, claiming that the rebel leader had limited options either to give up or commit suicide. 
“We got to know that Prabhakaran had moved through the Pudukudiryirippu-Iranmalai road on a day between March [...]

Wanni Operation Video, 22nd April 2009

 Pic: DaiylNews

 
It has now become very clear that the LTTE woman suicide bomber targeted Brigadier Shavendra Silva, the Commander of Sri Lanka Army’s 58 Division, but he miraculously escaped.
Brigadier Shavendra Silva subsequently vowed that he will continue with the humanitarian operation and liberate the innocent Tamil civilians languishing as hostages of the LTTE. He added that [...]