Battle of Mavil Aru

Target entity: Battle of Mavil Aru
Context triple: [Eelam War IV, majorBattle, Battle of Mavil Aru]

• A. Battle of Khidrana
  The Battle of Khidrana, later known as the Battle of Muktsar, was a 1705 conflict in which Guru Gobind Singh’s forces repelled a much larger Mughal army in Punjab, becoming a symbol of Sikh bravery and sacrifice.
• B. Battle of Aldy Charrish
  The Battle of Aldy Charrish was a late 15th-century Scottish clan battle, chiefly involving Clan Ross and their rivals, that exemplified the violent feuding culture of the Highlands.
• C. Battle of Tzirallum
  The Battle of Tzirallum was a pivotal 313 AD clash in the Roman civil wars in which Licinius decisively defeated Maximinus Daia, helping secure his control over the Eastern Roman Empire.
• D. Battle of Mavilla
  The Battle of Mavilla was a violent 1540 clash in present-day Alabama between Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s expedition and Native American warriors led by Chief Tuskaloosa, resulting in heavy casualties and marking a pivotal moment in early European–Native American encounters in the Southeast.
• E. Battle of Badme
  The Battle of Badme was a pivotal and fiercely contested engagement between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces that helped trigger and define the course of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War in the late 1990s.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Battle of Mavil Aru
Target entity description: The Battle of Mavil Aru was a key early confrontation between the Sri Lankan military and the LTTE over control of a strategic irrigation sluice gate, widely seen as the clash that triggered the full-scale resumption of Eelam War IV.

• A. Battle of Khidrana
  The Battle of Khidrana, later known as the Battle of Muktsar, was a 1705 conflict in which Guru Gobind Singh’s forces repelled a much larger Mughal army in Punjab, becoming a symbol of Sikh bravery and sacrifice.
• B. Battle of Aldy Charrish
  The Battle of Aldy Charrish was a late 15th-century Scottish clan battle, chiefly involving Clan Ross and their rivals, that exemplified the violent feuding culture of the Highlands.
• C. Battle of Tzirallum
  The Battle of Tzirallum was a pivotal 313 AD clash in the Roman civil wars in which Licinius decisively defeated Maximinus Daia, helping secure his control over the Eastern Roman Empire.
• D. Battle of Mavilla
  The Battle of Mavilla was a violent 1540 clash in present-day Alabama between Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s expedition and Native American warriors led by Chief Tuskaloosa, resulting in heavy casualties and marking a pivotal moment in early European–Native American encounters in the Southeast.
• E. Battle of Badme
  The Battle of Badme was a pivotal and fiercely contested engagement between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces that helped trigger and define the course of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War in the late 1990s.
• F. None of above. chosen