Gamini Kularatne
| Gamini Kularatne † | |
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Kularatne at Elephant Pass Siege, 1991
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| Native name | ගාමිණී කුලරත්න |
| Nickname(s) | Hasalaka Gamini |
| Born | September 4, 1966 |
| Died | 14 July 1991 (aged 25) Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka |
| Allegiance |
 Sri Lanka
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| Service/branch | Sri Lanka Army |
| Years of service | 1987-1991 |
| Rank | Corporal |
| Service number | (S/34553) |
| Unit | Sixth Battalion, Sri Lanka Sinha Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Sri Lankan civil war |
| Awards |
 Parama Weera Vibhushanaya
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| Relations | S.G Babanis (Father) S.G Juliet (Mother) |
Corporal Gamini Kularatne PWV, SLSR (S/34553) (Sinhalese: ගාමිණී කුලරත්න; 4 September 1966 – 14 July 1991) (commonly known as Hasalaka Gamini or Hasalaka Hero) was a Sri Lankan soldier. He was the first recipient of the Parama Weera Vibhushanaya, the highest award for gallantry awarded by the Sri Lanka Army for his actions during LTTE attack, in which he was killed.
Gamini Kularatne was the second son of a family of four brothers and a sister. He obtained his primary education at Ranasinghe Premadasa Madhya Maha Vidyalaya at Hasalaka (farming hamlet in the salubrious Kandy District of Sri Lanka). He was a survivor of the Aranthalawa Massacre on 2 June 1987 as Mahiyangane Dhammajothi Thero. After seeing the brutality of the Tiger terrorist massacre he pleaded with the chief Thero and left robes to join the Sri Lanka Army on 27 August 1987 with the blessings of his father S.G Babanis and mother S.G Juliet.
On the night of 10 July 1991 over 5000 LTTE fighters surrounded the 600 strong army garrison located at Elephant Pass. The base was known as the gateway to the northern Jaffna Peninsula. Enlisted to the Sri Lankan Army Sinha Regiment Sixth Battalion as a Rifleman, Lance Corporal Gamini Kularatne, along with the rest of his regiment, was tasked with watching for possible LTTE infiltrators.
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