Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia List of Commanders of the LTTE

Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia List of Commanders of the LTTE

<p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4/29/2016 </li><li style="flex:1">List of commanders of the LTTE - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia </li></ul><p></p><p>List of commanders of the LTTE </p><p>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia </p><p>The following is a <strong>list of commanders of the</strong><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" target="_blank"><strong>Liberation Tigers of </strong></a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" target="_blank"><strong>T</strong></a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" target="_blank"><strong>a</strong></a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" target="_blank"><strong>mil Eelam </strong></a><strong>(LTTE)</strong>, also known as the Tamil Tigers, a separatist militant Tamil </p><p>nationalist organisation, which operated in northern and eastern <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Sri Lanka </a>from late 1970s to May 2009, until it was defeated by the <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Military" target="_blank">Sri Lankan Military</a>.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-Reuters-1" target="_blank">[1]</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-VOA-2" target="_blank">[2] </a></sup></p><p><strong>Date &amp; Place of Birth </strong><br><strong>Date &amp; Place of Death </strong></p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nom_de_Guerre" target="_blank"><strong>Nom de Guerre </strong></a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><strong>Real Name </strong></li><li style="flex:1"><strong>Position(s) </strong></li><li style="flex:1"><strong>Notes </strong></li></ul><p></p><p>Thambi (used only by closest associates) and Anna (elder brother) </p><p>Velupillai </p><p>Prabhakaran <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p>26 November 1954 </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvettithurai" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvettithurai" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvettithurai" target="_blank">lvettithurai </a></p><p>19 May 2009(aged 54)<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-lttechiefdead-TOI-3" target="_blank">[3]</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-lttechiefdead-TimesOnline-4" target="_blank">[4]</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-lttechiefdead-telegraph-5" target="_blank">[5] </a></sup></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Leader of the LTTE </li><li style="flex:1">Prabhakaran was the supreme </li></ul><p>leader of LTTE, which waged a 25-year violent secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka. His death in Nanthikadal </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a>lagoon,<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal</a>,<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullaitivu" target="_blank">Mullaitivu</a>, </p><p>brought an immediate end to </p><p>the <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Civil_War" target="_blank">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>. </p><p>Pottu Amman <em>alias </em></p><p>Shanmugalingam 1962 </p><p>18 May 2009 (aged 47) </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Leader of Tiger </li><li style="flex:1">Pottu Amman was the second-in- </li></ul><p></p><p>Papa Oscar <em>alias </em></p><p>Sivashankar <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Nayanmarkaddu<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-dbsj1-6" target="_blank">[6] </a></sup></li><li style="flex:1">Organization Security&nbsp;command of LTTE. His death was </li></ul><p>Sobhigemoorthy<em>alias </em>Kailan </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a></p><p>Intelligence Service (TOSIS) and Black </p><p>Tigers </p><p>initially disputed because the dead body was not found. But in October 2010,<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorist_and_Disruptive_Activities_(Prevention)_Act" target="_blank">TADA court </a>judge K. Dakshinamurthy dropped charges against Amman, on </p><p>the <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi" target="_blank">Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi</a>, </p><p>accepting the <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Investigation" target="_blank">CBI</a>'s report on his demise.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-ndtv-7" target="_blank">[7]</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-army.lk2-8" target="_blank">[8] </a></sup></p><p>Selvarasa </p><p>Shanmugam Kumaran </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">6 April 1955 </li><li style="flex:1">Leader of LTTE since&nbsp;As the chief arms procurer since </li></ul><p>the death of&nbsp;the origin of the organisation, Prabhakaran. Prior to&nbsp;Pathmanathan was involved in all </p><p>Pathmanathan <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" target="_blank">(POW) </a></p><p><em>alias </em>Kumaran </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kankesanthurai" target="_blank">Kankesanthurai </a></p><p>Tharmalingam that, served as the chief procurer of the vital administrative issues of LTTE. He held 200+ passports <br>Pathmanathan <em>alias </em>KP (23+ aliases) arms and head of the&nbsp;with himself. On 21 July 2009, the "Department of International <br>Executive Committee of the LTTE, issued a statement announcing that Patmanathan had been appointed leader of the LTTE. But on 5 August 2009, Sri Lankan intelligence agents with the aid of the local authorities, captured Pathmanathan in<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" target="_blank">Malaysia </a>and deported him to Sri Lanka. <br>Relations" of LTTE <br>Karuna Amman </p><p>Vinayagamoorthy 1966 </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">LTTE leader of </li><li style="flex:1">Karuna Amman was a major </li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Muralitharan </li><li style="flex:1"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran,_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Kiran</a>, <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batticaloa" target="_blank">Batticaloa </a></li></ul><p></p><p>the <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Eastern Province</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">&nbsp;</a>commander of the LTTE. He was involved in many successful LTTE attacks including the Second </p><p>Battle of Elephant Pass. In March </p><p>2004, he broke away from the Tamil Tigers and claimed renounced violence. In 2007, he created the political party<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMVP" target="_blank">TMVP</a>. But in 2008, he was appointed as a National List Member of<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Parliament</a>. Later, he was sworn in as Minister of National Integration. </p><p>Lt. Seelan <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p>Charles Lucas </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Church Street, </li><li style="flex:1">15 July 1983 </li><li style="flex:1">Second-in-command Seelan&nbsp;was Prabhakaran's right- </li></ul><p></p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_</a>LTTE <a href="/goto?url=http://www.eelamview.com" target="_blank">www.eelamview.com </a><br>1/8 </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4/29/2016 </li><li style="flex:1">List of commanders of the LTTE - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia </li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lucas_Anthony" target="_blank">Anthony </a></li><li style="flex:1"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trincomalee" target="_blank">Trincomalee </a></li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Meesalai </li><li style="flex:1">of LTTE as of 1983 </li><li style="flex:1">hand man in the early stages of </li></ul><p>LTTE. He was instrumental in the rising of LTTE from an armed criminal gang to a deadly military force. Seelan's death on 15 July 1983 prompted Prabhakaran to ambush the Sri Lanka </p><p>Army patrol<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Four_Bravo" target="_blank">Four Four Bravo </a>to </p><p>avenge his death. The killing of 13 soldiers on 23 July 1983, resulted </p><p>in the <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_July" target="_blank">Black July ethnic riots</a>, </p><p>which marked the beginning of 26 year civil war.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a></sup>LTTE supermo Prabhakaran paid tribute to Seelan aka Charles Anthony by naming his elder son and the premiere fighting brigade of LTTE after him. </p><p>Colonel <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kittu_(Tamil_militant)" target="_blank">Kittu </a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sathasivam </li><li style="flex:1">2 January 1960 </li></ul><p></p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvettithurai" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvettithurai" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvettithurai" target="_blank">lvettithurai </a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">16 January </li><li style="flex:1">Second-in-Command Col.&nbsp;Kittu was the Second-in- </li></ul><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Krishnakumar </li><li style="flex:1">1993 (aged 33) </li></ul><p></p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" target="_blank">Indian Ocean </a></p><p>of LTTE, Leader of shipping <br>Command of LTTE in the 1980s. He became crippled in a shoot-out happened in 1987. Kittu committed suicide when he was going to be caught by theIndian </p><p>Navy.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-10" target="_blank">[10] </a></sup></p><p>Mahattaya </p><p>Gopalaswamy Mahendraraja </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1956 </li><li style="flex:1">28 December </li></ul><p>1994 (aged 38) </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavakacheri" target="_blank">Chavakacheri </a></p><p>Second-in-Command LTTE&nbsp;intelligence wing found </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Pedro" target="_blank">Point Pedro </a></p><p>of LTTE (1987– 1993), Leader <br>Mahattaya was leaking information to India's Research and Analysis Wing, and plotting to assassinate Prabhakaran. He was </p><p>ofPeople's Front of Liberation Tigers, </p><p>Political wing of LTTE&nbsp;arrested in March 1993, and executed in December 1994, on the orders of Prabhakaran. It was said that Mahattaya, along with nearly 257 cadres who were loayal to him, were lined up in a coconut estate located near<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavakacheri" target="_blank">Chavakacheri</a>, shot and killed and all the bodies were dumped.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-11" target="_blank">[11] </a></sup><br>Thamilchelvan </p><p>Suppiah Paramu Thamilselvan </p><p>29 August 1967 </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavakacheri" target="_blank">Chavakacheri </a></p><p>2 November 2007 (aged 40) </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilinochchi" target="_blank">Kilinochchi </a></p><p>Political leader of LTTE <br>One of the prominent negotiators of LTTE. Killed by a precise Sri </p><p>Lanka Air Force bombing </p><p>targeting him. <br>Colonel Shankar </p><p>Vaithilingam </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">September 1949 </li><li style="flex:1">26 September </li></ul><p>2001 (aged 52) </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oddusuddan" target="_blank">Oddusuddan </a></p><p>Founder and leader of the air wing and marine division of LTTE <br>Shankar was a relative and one of the closest lieutenants of LTTE leader Prabhakaran. He is killed by a <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore_mine" target="_blank">claymore</a>attack of the deep </p><p>penetration unit ofSri Lankan </p><p>army in 2001. </p><p>Sornalingam <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a><br>Colonel Soosai <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p>Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">16 October 1963 </li><li style="flex:1">18 May </li><li style="flex:1">Head of the Sea </li><li style="flex:1">He is responsible for many </li></ul><p>2009(aged 45) </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a></p><p>Tigers, naval wing of&nbsp;successful attacks against Sri </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">the LTTE </li><li style="flex:1">Lanka Navy. He was narrowly </li></ul><p>ezcaped during </p><p>the<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadamarachchi_Operation" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadamarachchi_Operation" target="_blank">a</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadamarachchi_Operation" target="_blank">damarachchi Operation</a>, but </p><p>was killed during the Sri Lanka Army's final onslaught towards LTTE held area in 2009. </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_</a>LTTE <a href="/goto?url=http://www.eelamview.com" target="_blank">www.eelamview.com </a><br>2/8 <br>4/29/2016 </p><p>Brigadier Balraj </p><p>List of commanders of the LTTE - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia </p><p>Balasegaram Kandiah </p><p>27 November 1965 </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokkuththoduvai" target="_blank">Kokkuththoduvai </a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">18 May </li><li style="flex:1">Commander of the </li></ul><p>Charles Antony Brigade <br>Balraj died due to a sudden heart attack. He is responsible for many successful attacks of LTTE </p><p>including Second Battle of Elephant Pass. </p><p>2008(aged 42) </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a></p><p>Colonel <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theepan" target="_blank">Theepan </a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Velayuthapillai </li><li style="flex:1">1965 </li><li style="flex:1">5 April 2009 </li></ul><p>(aged 44) <br>Overall military commander of LTTE&nbsp;posthumously to Brigadier.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-thesundayleader.lk-12" target="_blank">[12] </a></sup>He <br>Theepan was promoted <br>Baheerathakumar <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavuniya" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavuniya" target="_blank">a</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavuniya" target="_blank">vuniya </a></p><p><em>alias </em>Tango Papa </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aanandapuram" target="_blank">Aanandapuram </a></p><p>in the final phase </p><p>of Sri Lankan Civil War </p><p>was a native </p><p>of<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thenmarachi" target="_blank">Thenmarachi</a>division of Jaffna </p><p>District. He joined LTTE in 1984 and eventually became a senior commander. He has participated and lead number of battles<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-LTTE_suffers_worst_defeat-13" target="_blank">[13] </a></sup>againstSri Lankan Army. He was killed along with 615 others in early April 2009 </p><p>in<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puthukkudiyiruppu_(Mullaitivu)" target="_blank">Puthukkudiyiruppu (Mullaitivu)</a>. </p><p>Before his death he was the unofficial military commander of the LTTE Northern fighting formations.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-14" target="_blank">[14] </a></sup></p><p>Rathnam Master <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">18 May 2009 </li><li style="flex:1">Head of LTTE Military&nbsp;A personal bodyguard of </li></ul><p></p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a></p><p>Intelligence wing, head of the air wing and the Radha Brigade <br>Prabhakaran, and led the LTTE military wing after Colonel Theepan was killed in April 2009. </p><p>Kapil Amman <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">18 May 2009 </li><li style="flex:1">Deputy leader of </li></ul><p>Tiger Organization Security Intelligence Service (TOSIS) <br>A long time deputy of the LTTE intelligence head Pottu Amman. </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a></p><p>Nadesan </p><p>Balasingham Nadesan </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">18 May 2009 </li><li style="flex:1">Political leader of </li></ul><p>LTTE (Since <br>Nadesan was the Police Chief of LTTE. He also held the position of Political leader since the death of S. P. Thamilselvan in 2007. </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a></p><p>November 2007), Chief of LTTE Police <br>Nadesan was killed on 18 May </p><p>2009 in<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal</a>,<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullaitivu" target="_blank">Mullaitivu</a>. </p><p>Colonel Bhanu </p><p>(Banu) <em>alias </em></p><p>Bravo <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Sivanadan </li><li style="flex:1">1960 </li><li style="flex:1">18 May 2009 </li></ul><p>(aged 49) <br>Leader of the LTTE artillery wing <br>He led the LTTE artillery unit in </p><p>theSecond Battle of Elephant </p><p>Pass and hoisted the LTTE flag at </p><p>the <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_Pass" target="_blank">Elephant Pass </a>base in </p><p>2000.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-15" target="_blank">[15] </a></sup>He was killed during the final battle of the war, on 18 May </p><p>2009.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-army.lk2-8" target="_blank">[8]</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16] </a></sup></p><p>Somasekaran </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a></p><p>Colonel <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_(Tamil_militant)" target="_blank">Charles </a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p>Shanmuganathan 1965 Ravishankar </p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">6 January </li><li style="flex:1">Head of LTTE Military&nbsp;Charles was killed by a Sri Lankan </li></ul><p>2008(aged 43) </p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannar_District" target="_blank">Mannar District </a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Intelligence wing </li><li style="flex:1">Army <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Reconnaissance_Patrol_(Sri_Lanka)" target="_blank">LRRP </a>unit in 2008. He was </li></ul><p>involved in the planning of Central Bank bombing and many other successful Black Tiger attacks.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-Vanni_pays_homage_to_Col._Charles-17" target="_blank">[17] </a></sup></p><p>Colonel Ramesh <a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" target="_blank"><strong>† </strong></a></p><p>18 May 2009 </p><p>Batticaloa </p><p>He was the LTTE commander </p><p>for<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batticaloa_District" target="_blank">Batticaloa </a>and<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampara_District" target="_blank">Ampara </a>districts </p><p>during the 2002 ceasefire era.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commanders_of_the_LTTE#cite_note-18" target="_blank">[18] </a></sup>It is believed he was killed </p><p>on 18 May 2009.<sup style="top: -0.2308em;">[<a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank"><em>citation needed</em></a>] </sup></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1"><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">V</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">e</a><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellamullivaikkal" target="_blank">llamullivaikkal </a></li><li style="flex:1">District &amp;Ampara </li></ul><p></p><p>Districtcommander </p><p><em>alias </em>Romeo Siera </p><p>T. Thurairajasingham </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Colonel Sornam </li><li style="flex:1">1 April 1964 </li></ul><p></p><p><a href="/goto?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trincomalee" target="_blank">Trincomalee </a></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">16 May </li><li style="flex:1">LTTE leader </li><li style="flex:1">He used to be a personal body </li></ul><p>guard of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran and a senior </p>

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