Maamanithar

Maamanithar or Maamanithan (Tamil: மாமனிதர் Māmaṉitar; great human being or supremely great man) was an honour awarded by the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka. The honour was usually awarded to civilians posthumously.^[1]

Recipients

• Kasi Ananthan (born 1938), poet.^[2]
• A. Chandranehru (1944–2005), politician; conferred 9 February 2005.^[3][4][5]
• Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918–2001), academic; conferred 19 October 1997.^[6]
• Thillainadarajah Jeyakumar (died 2007); conferred March 2007.^[7][8]
• Joseph Pararajasingham (1934–2005), politician; conferred 25 December 2005.^[9][10]
• Kumar Ponnambalam (1940–2000), politician; conferred January 2000.^[3][11][12]
• Nadarajah Raviraj (1962–2006), politician; conferred 10 November 2006.^[13][14][15]
• V. Satchithananthasivam (Gnanatharan) (died 2006), journalist; conferred January 2006.^[16]
• Kalaignani A. Selvaratnam; conferred 1991.^[17]
• S. Sivamaharajah (1938–2006), politician and publisher; conferred 22 August 2006.^[18]
• K. Sivanesan (1957–2008), politician; conferred 7 March 2008.^[19][20][21]
• Taraki Sivaram (1959–2005), journalist; conferred 30 April 2005.^[3][22][23]
• Marusaleen Soosainayagam (Naavannan) (died 2006), poet; conferred 15 April 2007.^[24][25]
• A. Thurairajah (1934–1994), academic.^[3]
• Vanniasingham Vigneswaran (died 2006); conferred April 2006.^[26][27][28]

References

1. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (17 December 2006). "Bala Annai was the voice of the Tamil Eelam nation". The Sunday Leader.
2. "Mamanithar Kasi Ananthan - Poet Laureate of Tamil Eelam". One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century. TamilNation.org.
3. "'Great man' award to Tamilnet editor". BBC Sinhala. 1 May 2005.
4. Kamalendran, Chris (13 February 2005). "Army sentry points attacked in day of hartal, high drama". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
5. "Pirapaharan honours slain TNA MP". TamilNet. 12 February 2005.
6. Sri Kantha, Sachi (14 July 2012). "Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918-2001)". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
7. "LTTE confers Maamanithar award on veteran activist" (PDF). Tamil Guardian. 11 April 2007.
8. "LTTE confers Maamanithar award to Jeyakumar". TamilNet. 31 March 2007.
9. "Siege of Jaffna on the cards". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 1 January 2006.
10. "LTTE confers "Maamanithar" title to Pararajasingham". TamilNet. 25 December 2005.
11. "Special Report No: 19 – The Curse of Impunity Part II Defiance, Hope and Betrayal – The Times of Sivaram". University Teachers for Human Rights. 9 September 2005.
12. "'Mamanithan' award for Ponnambalam". TamilNet. 8 January 2000.
13. "Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar (Great Humanbeing) award to Raviraj". The Island (Sri Lanka). 12 November 2006.
14. Fuard, Asif (12 November 2006). "He asked "why are you silent"; the next day he was silenced". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
15. "Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar award to Raviraj". TamilNet. 11 November 2006.
16. "LTTE confers Maamanithar award to stalwart at Niedharsanam". TamilNet. 21 January 2006.
17. "Honoured curator passes away". Tamil Guardian. 2 January 2001.
18. "LTTE confers Maamanithar award on Sivamaharaja". TamilNet. 24 August 2006.
19. Athas, Iqbal (9 March 2008). "Troops make progress in north, but major battles ahead". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
20. Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (16 March 2008). "Assassinating Tamil Parliamentarians: The unceasing waves". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
21. "Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar title to Sivanesan". TamilNet. 7 March 2008.
22. Sambandan, V. S. (21 May 2005). "The end of a dissenter". Frontline (magazine). 22 (11).
23. "Pirapaharan confers "Maamanithar" title to Sivaram". TamilNet. 30 April 2005.
24. Balachandran, P. K. (15 April 2007). "LTTE-Lanka battle for Catholic support". Hindustan Times.
25. "Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar award to Poet Naavannan". TamilNet. 15 April 2007.
26. Ferdinando, Shamindra (10 April 2006). "Vigneswaran had thanked police for maintaining order – IGP". The Island (Sri Lanka).
27. Balachandran, P. K. (11 April 2006). "Canada ban won't hit LTTE materially". Hindustan Times.
28. "Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar title to Vigneswaran". TamilNet. 8 April 2006.

External links

• "Mamanithar". Struggle for Tamil Eelam. TamilNation.org.