Maamanithar or Maamanithan ( ta, மாமனிதர் ''Māmaṉitar''; great human being or supremely great man) was an
honour
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awarded by the
rebel
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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
in
Sri Lanka. The honour was usually awarded to civilians posthumously.
Recipients
* Kasi Ananthan (born 1938), poet.
*
A. Chandranehru (1944–2005), politician; conferred 9 February 2005.
*
C. J. Eliezer (1918–2001), academic; conferred 19 October 1997.
* Thillainadarajah Jeyakumar (died 2007); conferred March 2007.
*
Joseph Pararajasingham
Joseph Pararajasingham ( ta, யோசப் பரராஜசிங்கம்; 26 November 1934 – 25 December 2005) was a Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant, journalist, businessman and politician. He was Member of Parliament for Batticaloa ...
(1934–2005), politician; conferred 25 December 2005.
*
Kumar Ponnambalam (1940–2000), politician; conferred January 2000.
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* ]Nadarajah Raviraj
Nadarajah Raviraj ( ta, நடராஜா ரவிராஜ், translit=naṭarājā ravirāj, ; 25 June 1962 – 10 November 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for J ...
(1962–2006), politician; conferred 10 November 2006.
* V. Satchithananthasivam (Gnanatharan) (died 2006), journalist; conferred January 2006.
* Kalaignani A. Selvaratnam; conferred 1991.
* S. Sivamaharajah (1938–2006), politician and publisher; conferred 22 August 2006.
* K. Sivanesan (1957–2008), politician; conferred 7 March 2008.
* Taraki Sivaram
Taraki Sivaram or Dharmeratnam Sivaram (11 August 1959 – 28 April 2005) was a popular Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka. He was kidnapped by four men in a white van on 28 April 2005, in front of the Bambalapitya police station. His body was fou ...
(1959–2005), journalist; conferred 30 April 2005.[
* Marusaleen Soosainayagam (Naavannan) (died 2006), poet; conferred 15 April 2007.
* ]A. Thurairajah
Alagiah Thurairajah ( ta, அழகையா துரைராசா ''Aḻakaiyā Turairācā''; 10 November 1934 – 11 June 1994) was a leading Sri Lankan Tamil academic and vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
Early life and famil ...
(1934–1994), academic.[
* Vanniasingham Vigneswaran (died 2006); conferred April 2006.]
References
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