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50 Years of challenges, resilience and excellence!-by Dr. Kingsley Bernard Source:Dailynews The University of Jaffna, located in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, has a rich and complex history deeply intertwined with the region’s cultural, social, and political landscape. The University of Jaffna was officially established on 6th October, 1974, as the sixth campus of the University of Sri Lanka, under the name “Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.” The institution began with a few faculties and a limited number of students, focusing primarily on arts and science disciplines. If I may add some little known facts about how our first batch of students who joined the Jaffna Campus, lobbied the Government which resulted in then Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike to consider establishing this campus! This was in early 1974, the intake of undergraduates to the University Campuses (then it was one University ie. the University of Sri ...