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Maamanithar
Maamanithar or Maamanithan ( "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.
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
allegedly by Dhammika Perera, a member of the Sri Lankan mafia. His body was found slumped in the driver's seat of his Nissan Serena, with six shots in Pagoda Road, Colombo. Notorious gangster Moratu Saman was shot dead on 18 May 2003 in Moratuwa by gangster Thoppi Chaminda. Ranasinghe was shot dead on 20 August 2003 in Moratuwa as he returning from Moratuwa Magistrates's court in a rickshaw.
On 8 January 2000 the LTTE conferred the title Maamanithar (great human being) on Ponnambalam. His funeral was held