A Review of the ‘Sooriya Puthalvargal’ 2003 Memorial Souvenir

Homage to the Black Tigers

by Sachi Sri Kantha, June 23, 2004

LTTE leader Pirabhakaran has been assigned the [un]flattering accolade as one of the ‘pioneers’ of suicide bombing warfare, by his adversaries and quite a few academic turkeys. In my opinion, quasi scholars like Rohan Gunaratna or, for that matter, Yoram Schweitzer [currently affiliated to the Centre for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University] practice academic incest. They cavalierly transfer intellectual vapors from each other’s communications on institutions like the LTTE, without even bothering to wet their hands either on the history of Eelam territory or on the cultural heritage of the Indian subcontinent.

In a 2001 essay captioned ‘Suicide Bombings: The Ultimate Weapon?,’ Yoram Schweitzer [then affiliated to the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzlia, Israel] wrote as follows: “It should be pointed out that suicide attacks by terrorists are nothing new; the phenomenon appeared among the Jewish Sicaris in the 1^st century, among the Moslem Hashishiyun in the 11^th century, and among the Asians in the 18^th century,” citing a source identified as “Stephen Fredric Dale, Department of History, Ohio State University.” [source:  www.ict.org.il  website] For these quasi-scholars on suicide warfare, history does not exist before the birth of Christ, circa 2000 years ago.

In my research I found that the real ‘inventor of suicide warfare’ lived nearly 5,000 years ago. He is a venerated name in ancient Hindu codes of warfare, and I believe Pirabhakaran wouldn’t mind dipping his head to that great teacher Guru Dronacharya, who trained both the Pandavas and Kauravas in archery. For reasons such as gratitude, Dronacharya fought on the losing side of Kauravas in that great Mahabharata war, which, according to current scholarship, should have taken place in Kurushetra, India, around 3,000 BC [+/- 250 years]. An international colloquium on the date of the Kurushetra War, based on astronomical data, was held in Bangalore on Jan. 5-6, 2003 [For details, one can check the scholarly research study by physics professor B.N.Narahari Achar; www.hindunet.org/saraswati/colloquium/narahari01.htm]

Thus, my source for the progenitor of suicide warfare is the Mahabharatha epic. The authority is none other than R.K.Narayan – the master story teller and contemporary interpreter of Hindu epics. Following Bhishma’s death, Guru Drona was installed as the Commander in Chief for the Kaurava side in the Kurushetra War between the Pandavas and Kauravas. Yudhistira [also known by the name Dharma] was the eldest of the five Pandava brothers, whose virtue was never to succumb to uttering a lie. Duryodhana, the leader of the Kaurava side, was his prime adversary. Here are the condensed passages describing the suicide warriors, in chapter 15 entitled, ‘Delirium of Destruction’ from Narayan’s commentary of on the Mahabharatha.

“Duryodhana suddenly developed the notion that if Yudhistira could be captured alive, victory would be his. ‘Yudhistira’s capture should have priority’, he ordered Drona. ‘I do not even want a total victory in this war;if I could have Yudhistira in my hold, it would be enough.’ He entertained a hope that he could involve Yudhistira in another gambling bout, exile him again for twelve years, and thus end the war.

Next day, all the Kauravas joined in the attempt to get at Yudhistira. Drona led the sortie personally. As the Pandavas knew of his plan, Yudhistira was strongly guarded at all hours of the day and night. Yudhistira repulsed a well-mounted attack by Drona with some special astras, and then Arjuna appeared and dispersed the attacking body. Drona confessed, ‘As long as Arjuna is there we can never take Yudhistira. Something must be done to divert him and draw him away.’

In order to attract Arjuna’s attention, the Chief of Trigarta formed a suicide squad. A body of men, clad in a fabric woven of dharba grass, performed funeral obsequies for themselves and took a deadly oath before a roaring scared fire – ‘We will either kill Arjuna or be killed.’ Marching southward, which was the direction of the world of Yama, they uttered loud challenges to their foe. Arjuna heard them and announced, ‘I must go now. It is my duty to accept the challenge.’

Yudhistira cautioned him, ‘You are aware of Drona’s plans to capture me. Remember this.’ Arjuna left a strong guard for Yudhistira and hurried away. Krishna drove Arjuna’s chariot into the midst of the Trigarta force. At first they were hemmed in by the suicide squad, but soon it scattered away before Arjuna’s hail of arrows…” [R.K.Narayan: The Mahabharata – A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic, Penguin Books, London, 1978, pp.151-166]

There you have it, from an impeccable source and from an Indian scholar. Suicide warfare is as old as the Mahabharata war. Narayan’s version, as the title of the book states is ‘a shortened modern prose version,’ though he specifically had mentioned in his Introduction, “I have omitted none of the episodes relevant to the destinies of the chief characters. I have kept myself to the mainstream and held my version within readable limits.” Thus, it can be inferred that in the sanskrit original of the Mahabharata epic, there may be more details on the suicide squad of the Kaurava side.

Late last year, I received a copy of Sooriya Puthalvargal, Memorial Souvenir 2003, a 96 page book, published by the LTTE’s International Secretariat. It was a much and long awaited book for me. It contained the basic details [in the Tamil language] of the 240 Black Tigers of the LTTE, who became benefactors of Eelam Tamils by performing [or on the verge of attempting] the most daring military manueuvers in contemporary warfare. These were the contemporary practitioners of the altruistic suicidal act in the battlegrounds of Ceylon perfected by Guru Drona in the Battle of Kurushetra nearly 5,000 years ago.

In 30 glossy pages, 239 young faces of men and women greeted me. Some were smiling, some were stern-looking, and some even appeared aloof [a camouflage of course!] to the camera. Their blood and flesh had been spilled in land, sea, trenches and pits. But they were not brainless, as some academic turkeys and spineless hacks have painted them to be. All were superheroes of a higher order for Tamils like me. They belong to my extended family, and they are the real things, unlike the glib Holywood-generated entertainment icons like Rambo and te Terminator. Their nom de guerres were arresting and captivating. Some carried two nom de guerres. They had their origins in the four corners of the North Eelam [Kankesanthurai, Valvettithurai and Paruthithurai], South Eelam [Amparai], East Eelam [Mutur] and West Eelam [Vankalai] and also in the central Eelam [Kilinochchi-Vavuniya]. One even had an origin in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.

Many Tamils may be familiar with the name of the first Black Tiger Captain Miller, whose birth name was Vallipuram Vasanthan, from Thunnalai, Karaveddi [achieved martyrdom on July 5, 1987]. Few may know the name of the first woman Black Tiger, Captain Angayarkanni, whose birth name was Pushpakala Thuraisingam from Velanai [achieved martyrdom on August 10, 1994]. But each of the remaining 238 Black Tigers presented in the Sooriya Puthalvargal 2003 memorial souvenir remain as heroes of the Eelam struggle. I have noticed that a few nom de guerres of Black Tigers [especially the fifth in the chronological order of martyrdom, Lieut.Col.Borg] have been deliberately debased in the chauvinist Sinhala websites as Lieut.Col.Pork. He is from Omanthai town. His birth name was Mapanapillai Arasaratnam. One can wonder whether, from his choice of nom de guerre Borg [after Swedish tennis great Bjorn Borg], he had a liking for tennis. Lieut.Col.Borg was the Tamil hero who blasted the then-existing Mankulam army camp on November 23, 1990. The birth and martyrdom statistics and a few other demographic and numerical details provided in the memorial souvenir– hitherto unrevealed, and subjected to dubious speculations – clarified to me some of the mysteries about the Black Tigers of the LTTE. I’ll present them in a sequel to this essay.

I had listened to the heart-throbbing marching song of the Black Tigers, ‘Karum Puli Enroru Peyar Kondu,’ on the CD. There have been many songs which extol the bravery of the Black Tigers. But this particular song was written in the format that it was being sung by the Black Tigers. To be frank, even when I hum the short sixteen lines of that song, I get goose flesh. So, powerful and touching were the lyrics of this song. The lyricist’s choice use of hard palatal Tamil alphabets called vallinam (ka, sa, da, tha, pa and ra series) was elegantly enthralling. When I saw the photos of nearly 240 brave men and women, I felt linked with them via this particular song, and grasped a little of how their legs would have moved towards their attack targets, with the triumphant tempo of that marching song. For the benefit of Robert Pape, a political science professor at the University of Chicago, who has communicated to me an academic interest in studying the minds of these Black Tigers, I translated this particular marching song into English. Both the Tamil original and the English translation are given below.

The Marching Song of Black Tigers [Tamil Original]

Karum Puli enroru peyar kondu –

Kadum pahai thakarkira vedi kondu

Perum padai ani inri pohinrom –

engal Uyiraale pahai venru saahinrom.

Engalin saavoru varalaaru –

athil Ezhuthiya verrigal pala nooru

Ingithu pol veeram verillai –

uyir Eethale arathukku mel ellai.

Thappamal kuri mothum ninaivoodu selvom –

Than maana chinam kondu ethiriyai kolvom

Em makkal vaazhvukkaai naam ingu saavom –

Iranthaalum thamil nenjil naam vaazhuvom.

Thalaivanin thaazh vaazhthi idi pola paaivom –

Thamil Eelam meedengu kodiyahi veezhvom

Nilaiyaha thai mannil puli kodi aadum –

Niraivaana puhazh senru ulagathai moodum.

I feel that the most touching, and most distinguishing lines are the fourth ones in each of the stanzas: (1) engal Uyiraale pahai venru saahinrom. (2) uyir Eethale arathukku mel ellai. (3) Iranthaalum thamil nenjil naam vaazhuvom. (4) Niraivaana puhazh senru ulagathai moodum.

[English Translation of Black Tigers’ Marching Song]

With the name of Black Tigers – would’u see –

With a bomb which’d blast the strong enemy

We march without a battalion army-

We die by routing our adversary

Our deaths are of exceptional history –

In them are written hundreds of victories

There ain’t a thing like this bravery –

Life gift – the max limit in philanthropy

Marching with thoughts of not missing our aim –

With prideful anger –we kill the enemy

We die now – for our folks to enjoy their lives –

In Tamil hearts – even in death we still live.

Greeting the Leader’s feet – like thunder we blast –

Waving like a flag – for Tamil Eelam to stand

The Tiger flag will sway strong in the Motherland –

Glory will engulf the bands.

As the translator, I add that my English translation of this marching song of Black Tigers, is a poor substitute to the Tamil original. Nevertheless, I propose that on July 5, Tamils can pay respect to the 240 listed Tamil Black Tiger martyrs identified in the memorial souvenir [and also quite a number who are yet to be openly identified in this honor roll] by humming the marching song for a moment or two.

The souvenir book also records that among the 240 martyrs identified, 26 [17 men and 9 women] Black Tigers died in accidents during training and set up, ahead of their day of action. The number of accidental deaths among the Tamil Black Tiger martyrs for the years 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001 were 9, 9, 3 and 5 resepctively. One old saw notes, ‘We can wake up a sleeping person, but not one who is pretending to sleep’.

I think that in the now fashionable field of ‘terrorism studies’, quite a number – Bruce Hoffmans, Rajan Hooles, B.Ramans, Rohan Gunaratnas and Yoram Schweitzers – belong to the pretender category. On the contrary, there are also academics who belong to the sleeping category. To increase the awareness of the latter category, I present the available basic information on the 240 Tamil Tigers who are celebrated as heroes for their altruistic deeds for Tamil nationalism.

The List of 240 Eelam Tamil Black Tiger Martyrs

[in chronological sequence of martyrdom, July 1987- November 2001;

Source: Sooriya Puthalvargal 2003-LTTE’s Memorial Souvenir (2003), pp.20-49]

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Nom de guerre [Birth name] /Native Place                   Date of Birth Date of Martyrdom

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Note: Women tiger martyrs [from 1994 onwards] are identified with an asterisk following the birth name.

1987

1. Capt.Miller [Vallipuram Vasanthan] /Karaveddi                   01 jan 1966 05 jul 1987

1990

2. Maj.Kantharupan [Yogarajah Koneswaran]/Valvettithurai    09 oct 1971  10 jul 1990
3. Capt.Vinoth [Velupillai Thilagarajah]/Valvettithurai             19 aug 1970 10 jul 1990
4. Capt.Collins [Fernando Sylvester] /Mannar                        05 dec 1969 10 jul 1990
5. Lt.Col.Borg [Mapanapillai Arasaratnam]/Omanthai              11 nov 1959 23 nov 1990

1991

6. Major Dambo [Kasipillai Thayaparan]/Mannar                    17 aug 1967 19 mar 1991
7. Capt.Jeyanthan [Sampukutty Pathmanathan]/ Batticaloa                ???? 04 may 1991
8. Capt.Sithamparam [Periyathamby Chandran]/Valvettithurai 20 dec 1972 04 may 1991

1993

9. Major Nilavan/Varathan [Kanthasamy Ramachandran]/Batticaloa19 jul 1974 26 aug 1993
10. Capt.Mathan [Seenivasagam Sivakumar]/Batticaloa                 07 sep 1975 26 aug 1993
11. Major Puhalarasan/Puvindran [Subramaniam Nagatheepan]/Ariyalai 15 nov 1975 29 aug 1993
12. Capt.Maniarasan [Vethanayagam Rajaruban]/ Kudathanai       22 oct 1973 29 aug 1993
13. Major Ganesh [Naganathi Sivanesan]/Puttur West                   26 jan 1973 11 nov 1993
14. Major Kalaialagan [Ponniah Perinbarajah]/Batticaloa               22 nov 1969 11 nov 1993
15. Capt.Mathinilavan [Kanapathipillai Thavarajah]/Trincomalee    09 sep 1975 11 nov 1993
16. Major Thondaman [Kannappar Nallathambi]/Batticaloa            21 dec 1971 11 nov 1993
17. Lieut.Kannan [Navaratnam Nesakulenthiran]/Thalaiyadi           24 jun 1974 11 nov 1993
18. Capt.Karikalan [Ratnasingham Arulanantham]/Thampalakamam  24 nov 1973 11 nov 1993
19. Capt.Sivalogan [Sinnathamby Arulanantham]/Kokkadicholai    05 jun 1973 11 nov 1993
20. Capt.Seeralan [Gnanapragasam Angel]/Murungan                   01 jul 1975 11 nov 1993
21. Capt.Senthamil Nambi [Sellathurai Jegan]/Kopay                                  ?? 11 nov 1993
22. Capt.Aiyanar [Selvanayagam Rajasekaram]/Vaddukoddai      26 dec 1972 11 nov 1993
23. Lieut.Nallathamby [Thangarajah Kokulanathan]/Kokkadicholai               ?? 11 nov 1993
24. Lieut.Jeevaranjan [Krishnapillai Murugupillai]/Batticaloa          26 dec 1972 11 nov 1993
25. Lieut.Veeramani [Deivendram Suthakar]/Vaddukoddai           09 aug 1976 11 nov 1993
26. Lieut.Sengannan [Thanushkodi Senthurapandian]/Sivakasi-India 25 jan 1975 11 nov 1993

1994

27. Major Thilagan [Subbiah Raj]/Batticaloa                                 20 jun 1975 02 aug 1994
28. Major Jeyam [Kunanayagam Thevarajah]/Mutur                    05 mar 1976 02 aug 1994
29. Capt.Thiru [Konamalai Mukunthan]/Amparai                           21 apr 1974 02 aug 1994
30. Capt.Navaratnam [Sirankot Leppert Anthonydas]/Vavuniya     22 sep 1977 02 aug 1994
31. Lieut.Rangan [Kunamalai Rasikumar]/Kilinochchi                     09 feb 1976 02 aug 1994
32. Capt.Angaiyarkanni [Pushpakala Thuraisingham]*/Velanai     10 may 1973 10 aug 1994
33. Lieut.Col.Nalayini [Pathmavathy Arumugam]*/Valvettithurai     07 jan 1972 19 sept 1994
34. Major Mangai [Puvanesvary Kanapathipillai]*/Mulliyan-Jaffna   16 dec 1965 19 sept 1994
35. Capt.Vaman/Thuyamani [Kandasamy Ravinayagam]/Batticaloa 22 aug 1974 19 sept 1994
36. Capt.Lakshman [Kugathasan Pranavan]/Jaffna                         05 jul 1974 19 sept 1994
37. Major Nithi [Santhanam Yogeswaran]/Nagarkoil                       05 oct 1971 08 nov 1994
38. Major Kumanan/Gopi [Subramaniam Selvalingam]/Mannar       06 jun 1973 12 nov 1994

1995

39. Major Mathusa [Rajalakshmi Murugesu]*/Tiriyai-Trincomalee  25 may 1975 19 april 1995
40. Major Kathiravan [Govindan Sivarajah]/Paranthan                    26 jul 1973 19 april 1995
41. Major Thanigaimaran [Anton Benedict]/Kaddaikadu-Jaffna        28 jun 1970 19 april 1995
42. Captain Shantha [Vijayathevi Sivasubramaniam]*/Punguduthivu25 aug 1975 19 april 1995
43. Major Thangan [Veeraiah Mailvaganam]/Badulla                      01 jan 1975 16 july 1995
44. Major Senthalan [Francis Douglas]/Gurunagar                         17 nov 1974 16 july 1995
45. Captain Thamilini [Kanimozhi Sivapragasam]*/Valvettithurai    30 dec 1974 16 july 1995
46. Major Kannalan [Vinayagam Elaiyathambi]/Valaichenai           03 may 1973 03 sept 1995
47. Major Nagulan/Thoman [Kandiah Krishnadas]/Gurunagar           31 jul 1973 03 sept 1995
48. Captain Aruljothi [Shyamala Muthulingam]*/Chundikuli           11 may 1976 10 sept 1995
49. Major Kirthi [Vallipuram Naguleswaran]/Palai                           04 sep 1975 20 sept 1995
50. Captain Siva [Krishnapillai Mohanadas]/Mandaithivu                  01 jan 1976 20 sept 1995
51. Major Anbu/Anthaman [Ramasamy Rajbhavan]/Alvai west         22 jan 1975 20 sept 1995
52. Captain Sevvanam [Sumathi Krishnapillai]*/Chulipuram            22 jan 1974 20 sept 1995
53. Major Arumai [Sellathurai Vijayananthan]/Kilinochchi                23 dec 1972 02 oct 1995
54. Captain Thanigai [Vathana Kanapathipillai]*/Jaffna                     13 jul 1976 02 oct 1995
55. Major Sivasunthar [Chitravel Ramachandran]/Uppuveli              12 dec 1974 17 oct 1995
56. Captain Ruban [Subramaniam Sutharsan]/Chengaladi-Batticaloa  09 jul 1973 17 oct 1995
57. Captain Sivagami [Rajakumari Shanmugalingam]*/Nagarkoil      01 jan 1975  17 oct 1995
58. Captain Siraivasan/Dilip [Narayanapillai Vigneswaran]/Kokkuvil  19 sep 1974 29 oct 1995
59. Captain Agathi [Ramanathan Nadarajah]/Kalmunai                     25 oct 1970 29 oct 1995
60. Captain Jeevan/Thinakaran [Kanapathipillai Ramaneswaran]/Batticaloa 01 jan 1971 29 oct 1995
61. Captain Eelavan [Thiruchelvam Robertson]/Manipay                    23 jul 1973 29 oct 1995
62. Venuthas [Kanthapodi Tharuman]/Kokkadicholai                        22 jan 1973 29 oct 1995
63. Lieut.Nalinan/Govindan [Tisanayagam Udayadasan]/Thambiluvil  27 nov 1976 29 oct 1995
64. Lieut.Kalaichelvan [Arumugam Chandrakumar]/Avisawela          13 aug 1974 29 oct 1995
65. Lieut.Thondan [Rajaratnam Krishnaraj]/Chavakachcheri             16 apr 1976 29 oct 1995
66. Lieut.Thangathurai/Ragulan [Seevaratnam Kantharupan]/Vasavilan 02 aug 1976 29 oct 1995
67. Lieut.Sasikumar [Selvarajah Robinson]/Eluthumadduval              05 jun 1977 29 oct 1995
68. 2^ndLieut.Isaichelvan [Nagarajah Shanmugasilan]/Pandatharippu 01 jan 1978 29 oct 1995
69. Major Dineshkumar/Rangan [Justin Jude Nevil]/Valaichenai         03 sep 1973 05 dec 1995

1996

70. Lieut.Col.Mathan/Sothithambi [Yogachandran Rathiskumar] Valvettithurai 12 may 1978 13 feb 1996
71. Major Venkai [Soosaipillai Selvakumar]/Valvettithurai                  29 dec 1967 13 feb 1996
72. Major Jeganathan [Sangarapillai Thavarajah]/Poonagari                08 oct 1972 30 march 1996
73. Captain Ilaiyaval [Rajamalar Rajalingam]*/Kannakipuram             31 oct 1974 30 march 1996
74. Major Poyyamozhi [Viswasam Daniel]/Kumpurupitty                    23 may 1971 12 april 1996
75. Lieut.Col.Prathapan/Rathees [Arumaichandran Senthilkumar]/Valvettithurai 01 aug 1974 12 april 1996
76. Major Janarthanan/Veenaikodiyon [Sittampalam Krishnadas]/Kankesanthurai 21 dec 1971 12 april 1996
77. Major Thennamuthan/Paran [Nagendran Thangarajah]/Point Pedro 25 sep 1975 12 april 1996
78. Major Valanadan/Pavas [Thiruchelvam Claimant]/Alvai west          28 aug 1975  12 april 1996
79. Major Rathan [Velupillai Surenrajan]/Chelvanayakapuram-Trincomalee 23 dec 1972 12 april 1996
80. Captain Subas [Marimuthu Vasanthakumar]/Thampalakamam        28 jan 1974 12 april 1996
81. Captain Mathani [Theivananthini Kanapathipillai]*/Vettilaikeni        20 nov 1976 12 april 1996
82. Captain Vikki [Sumathi Rasaratnam]*/Thalaiyadi                          14 apr 1975 12 april 1996
83. Major Jeevaranjan/Ilango [Ponniah Thamilselvan]/Omanthai         21 mar 1974 11 june 1996
84. Major Kannapiran/Abdulla [Samithambi Pulendran]/Amparai           01 jan 1974 19 july 1996
85. Major Sellapillai [Ramalingam Selvarajah]/Vankalai                       08 aug 1973 19 july 1996
86. Major Parthipan/Vethamani [Ulaganathan Ramesh]/Point Pedro        22 jul 1977 19 july 1996
87. Major Pathuman [Ananthamayil Balamurali]/Nagarkoil north            18 jun 1976 19 july 1996
88. Major Sudaroli [Ratnamalar Sebamalai]*/Mathahal                         20 nov 1972 19 july 1996
89. Major Mithubalan [Vetharanyam Jeyakanthan]/Jaffna                     23 may 1975 21 july 1996
90. Captain Sayanthan [Thambipillai Rasaratnam]/Akkaraipatru            23 apr 1972 21 july 1996
91. Major Nalinan [Theivendran Yogeswaran]/Mutur                              12 dec 1975 25 oct 1996
92. Captain Jeyaraj/Periyathambi [Kanthasamy Gopalakrishnan]/Karainagar 02 apr 1975 25 oct 1996
93. Major Bharathi [Kamalarani Veeragathy]*/Nagarkoil                         30 sep 1972 11 nov 1996
94. Captain Innisai [Sumathi Rasathurai]*/Vetrilaikeni                          19 oct 1977 11 nov 1996
95. Captain Malika [Selvarani Arumugam]*/Alvai north                        05 nov 1974 08 dec 1996

1997

96. Major Sittampalam Kumar [Rajendram Sathayakumar]/Suthumalai 23 jul 1974 06 march 1997
97. Captain Niventhan [Subramaniam Subeswaran]/Battiacaloa          19 sep 1978 06 march 1997
98. Captain Vijaruban [Kanthasamy Sivagunam]/Batticaloa                 13 feb 1975 06 march 1997
99. Major Thamilmaran [Rasiah Mathiyalagan]/Jaffna                         08 may 1976 24 march 1997
100. Major Mathees/Naavannan [Kanthiah Murugaiah]/Kilinochchi         15 oct 1972  24 march 1997
101. Captain Kalaivalli [Saseenthira Arumugam]*/Arali east                 29 jun 1976 24 march 1997
102. Captain Vaanathi [Kalaivani Rasiah]*/Kilinochchi                          28 apr 1977 24 march 1997
103. Major Anbu [Muthuvel Ravichandran]/Murunkan                            06 oct 1973 27 may 1997
104. Major Ilamahan [Tharmalingam Thirukanesan]/Batticaloa             12 mar 1973 27 may 1997
105. Major Valampuri [Pushpavathi Kailasapillai]*/Anuradhapuram        18 jan 1977 27 may 1997
106. Major Vinotha [Vijayakumari Thevasigamani]*/Valvettithurai         09 nov 1976 27 may 1997
107. Major Chandra [Maria Corotty Thamby Sebastian]*/Gurunagar       9 dec 1975  27 may 1997
108. Captain Suthahar [Kanagasabai Arul]/Batticaloa                       26 apr 1976 27 may 1997
109. Captain Arularasan [Thangarajah Thiyagarajah]/Batticaloa       27 mar 1977 27 may 1997
110. Captain Sitha [Balasingam Sitruban]/Chulipuram                      10 nov 1969 27 may 1997
111. Major Nithan/Parvathan [Manikkam Arulrajah]/Kokkadicholai      26 jan 1970  10 june 1997
112. Major Yalini [Ragini Sivasubramaniam]*/Urumpirai                     05 feb 1971 10 june 1997
113. Captain Sathuriyan [Nadarajah Arasaratnam]/Batticaloa             01 jan 1977 10 june 1997
114. Captain Balan [Somasundaram Thileepan]/Amparai                   03 sep 1974 28 june 1997
115. Major Sri/Thirumaran [Kanesapillai Ravichandran]/Jaffna            05 sep 1970 18 oct 1997
116. Captain Sinnavan [Nandagopal Suresh]/Kokkuvil                        25 jun 1976 18 oct 1997

1998

117. Lieut.Col.Subesan/Killivalavan [Marusalim Alvin]/Murunkan           02 jul 1971  01 feb 1998
118. Major Kumuthan [Mailvaganam Inbarajan]/Manipay                     30 oct 1972 01 feb 1998
119. Major Aasa [Sivayamuna Velupillai]*/Jaffna                               11 nov 1976 01 feb 1998
120. Major Mangai [Nesamalar Ratnasingam]*/Kilinochchi                  28 mar 1974 01 feb 1998
121. Major Jeyarani [Shanthi Nadarajah]*/Jaffna                                18 dec 1973 01 feb 1998
122. Captain Kumanan [Jeganathan Ravichandran]/Mannar                 19 sep 1978 01 feb 1998
123. Captain Nediyon [Kulendran Gnanasankar]/Tellipalai                  04 aug 1975 01 feb 1998
124. Captain Arul [Ambikapathi Arulsothi]/Jaffna                                18 nov 1978 01 feb 1998
125. Captain Inthu [Punitha Kandiah]*/Akkaraipatru                          04 dec 1978 01 feb 1998
126. Captain Senkathir [Jeyanthira Jeyaratnam]*/Vasavilan                               ?? 01 feb 1998
127. Captain Nalayini [Kokila Palani]*/Nedunkeni                                 12 oct 1979 01 feb 1998
128. Captain Nala [Perumal Kalainithi]/Kollankaladdy                           26 jul 1978 01 feb 1998
129. Captain Umaiyal [Pushparani Sellathurai]*/Eluthumadduval                       ?? 01 feb 1998
130. Lieut.Col.Karan [Balasundaram Gopalakrishnan]/Polonnaruwa    07 may 1972 22 feb 1998
131. Major Thamiliniyan [Nadarajah Kirubakaran]/Jaffna                    24 nov 1974 22 feb 1998
132. Major Sulasan [Nadarajah Kirubakaran]/Mutur                              05 jul 1974 22 feb 1998
133. Major Kumaresan [Thurairajah Selvakumar]/Vavuniya                 05 feb 1975 22 feb 1998
134. Major Valluvan [Selvarajah Thavarajah]/Kankesanthurai              14 jan 1976 22 feb 1998
135. Major Thamilmangai [Sathiyavani Thurairajah]*/Poonagari        03 aug 1973 22 feb 1998
136. Major Morris/Thamilinpan [Tharmabalasingam Thayaparan]/Karainagar19 jun 1976 22 feb 1998
137. Captain Janarthani [Suhanthi Kailayanathan]*/Mullaitivu              01 dec 1977 22 feb 1998
138. Captain Nangai [Kausala Patturajah]*/Koddadi                          28 may 1977 22 feb 1998
139. Captain Vanitha [Pushparani Kandiah]*/Nedunkeni                     30 aug 1977 22 feb 1998
140. Captain Mehala [Thamayanthi Thavarajah]*/Valvettithurai           08 feb 1971 22 feb 1998
141. Captain Isaiyalan [Sutharaj Raviraj]/Kilinochchi                        07 sep 1978 11 march 1998
142. Captain Gopi [Sebastian Augustine]/Nuwara Eliya                      07 jan 1978 11 march 1998
143. Captain Eelavan/Eelaventhan [Arumugam Veerasingam]/Jaffna 15 mar 1978 18 april 1998
144. Captain Poongulali [Sinnamalar Saminathan]*/Nedunthivu         08 aug 1976 18 april 1998
145. Major Nilavan [Sooriyakumar Thileepan]/Kopay north                20 nov 1976 14 oct 1998

1999

146. Major Navaniban/Isaiyalan [Mariyanayagam Jeyasilan]/Eluthumadduval07 apr 1978 10 march 1999
147. Captain Tholan/Thiruchelvan [Subramaniam Rajkumar]/Mullaitivu 30 nov 1979 10 march 1999
148. Captain Veeramani [Kanapathipillai Kathirgamanathan]/Kantharmadam08 aug 1974 12 april 1999
149. Major Arasappan [Mailvaganam Arulchelvan]/Batticaloa               06 nov 1978 29 may 1999
150. Major Ratnatharan [Kumarasamy Anantha]/Kaluvanchikudi           05 apr 1975 09 aug 1999
151. Lieut.Col.Neethiappan [Veerabahu Sivaneswaran]/Trincomalee      15 oct 1977 15 aug 1999
152. Major Ezhilventhan/Anthaman [Vadivel Senthilkumar]/Batticaloa     17 jul 1978 15 aug 1999
153. Major Ravi/Viduthalai [Kandiah Selvam]/Jaffna                             21 apr 1971 26 sept 1999
154. Major Umesan/Cheliyan [Thangavel Ananthakumar]/Vavuniya      10 mar 1977 26 sept 1999
155. Major Nathaveni [Anusha Nagendram]*/Mayiliddi                          21 dec 1978 26 sept 1999
156. Lieut.Col.Arunthavam [Krishnapillai Uthayakumar]/Batticaloa         09 nov 1974 14 oct 1999
157. Lieut.Col.Palaniappan/Puvanendran [Rangiah Yogendran]/Vavuni10 aug 1971 14 oct 1999
158. Major Parani/Gopi [Suriyayogananthan Amarnath]/Mayiliddy          14 nov 1971 14 oct 1999
159. Major Kalaimagal [Kalaimathi Ariyakutti]*/Atchuvely south              21 jul 1972 14 oct 1999
160. Major Suriyaprabha [Jansirani Alphonse Rajah]*/Ilavalai                 01 jun 1972 14 oct 1999
161. Captain Suthaharan/Sutha [Rasanayagam Prasanna]/Nallur            28 nov 1980 14 oct 1999
162. Major Muthumani [Sivakaveri Kumarasamy]*/Jaffna                      10 jun 1975 04 nov 1999
163. Major Arulan [Nanthagopal Dhusyanthan]/Anaikottai                       06 oct 1977 05 nov 1999
164. Major Sasi [Suhanthini Rasaratnam]*/Sanganai west                      08 apr 1978 05 nov 1999
165. Major Senkathirvanan [Nadarajah Rameswaran]/Trincomalee        23 dec 1972 29 nov 1999
166. Lieut.Col.Sivaruban/Karvannan [Sivanesan Sivapackiyanathan]/Mirisuvil07 apr 1975 08 dec 1999
167. Major Rangan/Yalventhan [Kathiravel Jeyaram]/Karainagar            19 jun 1971 08 dec 1999
168. Major Isaikon [Sivasamy Suhanthan]/Point Pedro                        08 may 1978 08 dec 1999
169. Captain Kaanavan [Sivagnanam Sivakumar]/Mullaitivu                 25 mar 1977 08 dec 1999
170. Major Cheliyan [Mahendrarajah Balamurali]/Valvettithurai               30 jul 1974 11 dec 1999
171. Major Athithan [Palaniyandi Suthaharan]/Puthukudiyiruppu             26 nov 1979 25 dec 1999
172. Major Nanthan [Dharmarajah Dayaparan]/Paranthan                     19 aug 1978 25 dec 1999
173. Major Meena [Menaka Nadarajah]*/Varani                                   23 dec 1978 25 dec 1999
174. Captain Nagarani [Rohini Arumainayagam]*/Kokkuvil                   19 may 1977 25 dec 1999
175. Captain Arivarasan/Arivu [Muthulingam Janakan]/Velanai west        07 sep 1978 30 dec 1999

2000

176. Major Ruban [Seenivasan Sivananthan]/Kiran                                07 feb 1977 01 feb 2000
177. Major Bharathan [Sathasivam Chandrakumar]/Amparai                27 jul 1974 12 march 2000
178. Major Mathan [Sithamparanathan Sivajinathan]/Mutur                29 jan 1979 12 march 2000
179. Captain Dinesh [Vairavanathan Gajananan]/Kankesanthurai       23 may 1977 12 march 2000
180. Captain Major Thanusan [Thangarajah Lankeswaran]/Mutur       25 nov 1974 26 march 2000
181. Major Suthajini [Jeyasuki Theivendrapillai]*/Varani                    03 feb 1976 26 march 2000
182. Major Malarvizhi [Sangeetha Balakrishnan]*/Vannarpannai          24 oct 1975 31 march 2000
183. Major Andhra/Nayagam [Muhunthini Vinayagamurthy]*/Thalaiyadi03 mar 1977 31 march 2000
184. Major Sathya/Sasi [Muhunthini Krishnamurthy]*/Nelliady             06 dec 197831 march 2000
185. Major Arivukumaran [Kumaravel Ketheesan]/Vavuniya               15 feb 1973 11 april 2000
186. Major Maraichelvan [Selvarajah Rajanikanthan]/Vavuniya          03 may 198110 may 2000
187. Major Reegajivan [Sivarajah Kalaikumar]/Karaithivu-Batticaloa     29 sep 197820 may 2000
188. Major Kumazhavan [Sivapragasam Lusakaran]/Batticaloa             12 sep 198022 may 2000
189. Major Satha [Kanagambikai Manikkam]*/Mallavi                        14 may 197625 may 2000
190. Lieut.Col.Gnaneswaran/Gnanakumar [Alagapodi Vinayagamurthy]/Batticaloa30 dec 1976 26 june 2000
191. Major Sooran [Rajadurai Ravindran]/Poonagari                             31 aug 197426 june 2000
192. Major Nallappan [Velupiilai Rajan]/Kalviyankadu                          06 may 197126 june 2000
193. Major Santhana [Kavitha Kunasingam]*/Mayiliddi                         14 feb 197326 june 2000
194. Captain Ilamathi [Jeyachitra Kanaganayagampillai]*/Velanai west   18 sep 197526 june 2000
195. Captain Bhamini [Vijayalakshmy Pararajasingam]*/Karainagar        13 feb 197526 june 2000
196. Captain Jeyanjali [Indradevi Ramaiah]*/Thalaiyadi                         13 jan 1979 03 july 2000
197. Major Srivani [Shanthi Sinnathambi]*/Batticaloa                            23 nov 197505 july 2000
198. Major Thisaiyarasi [Sellam Sellasami]*/Thalaiyadi                         17 mar 197215 aug 2000
199. Captain Thamilkumaran [Sinnakuddi Sathisvaratharajah]/Puttur east05 jan 197810 sept 2000
200. Lieut.Col.Reji/Ilango [Manikkam Ramesh]/Amparai                       14 jun 197323 oct 2000
201. Major Rosman/Ganesh [Thevarajah Ravindrarajah]/Trincomalee        01 apr 197223 oct 2000
202. Major Nithi/Cholavengai [Rasiah Jegan]/Vavuniya                           25 jun 197723 oct 2000
203. Major Mayuran [Kandasamy Prakash]/Chunnakam                           07 jul 197823 oct 2000
204. Major Thirumaran [Jeyam Sinatharan]/Puttur                                 25 mar 198023 oct 2000
205. Major Nitharsan [Thiyagarajah Thiyagendran]/Mullaitivu                  09 aug 1978 23 oct 2000
206. Major Varman [Vadivel Thangathurai]/Kaluvanchikudi                      25 dec 197724 oct 2000
207. Major Sobithan [Thuraisamy Jeevakanapathy]/Vavuniya                  27 nov 197324 oct 2000
208. Captain Chandrababu [Kumarapodi Lingarajah]/Kokkadicholai          01 jan 198024 oct 2000
209. Lieut.Col.Irumporai/Salman [Sivalingam Sivaayngaran]/Poonakari   19 mar 197101 nov 2000
210. Major Sathasivam [Pillaiyan Thiruchelvam]/Batticaloa                     08 aug 197802 nov 2000
211. Lieut.Col.Kathirgamaruban [Kanagananthan Ananthakrishnan]/Point Pedro25 jan 197602 nov 2000
212. Major Ilakiyan [Sivagami Karikaran]/Mullaitivu                                12 apr 198002 nov 2000
213. Major Kumaravel [Subramaniam Sutharsan]/Kantharmadam            25 jan 197802 nov 2000
214. Captain Vallavan [Navaneethan Pathmalathan]/Kaithadi                 13 feb 198002 nov 2000
215. Lieut.Col.Naresh [Murugesu Premakumar]/Point Pedro                   14 jan 197403 nov 2000
216. Major Sudarmani/Senkathir [Sivarajah Sritharan]/Palai                  21 jun 197703 nov 2000

2001

217. Captain Kasturi/Poongathir [Bhavani Nallanathan]*/Nedunkeni        30 mar 198021 feb 2001
218. Captain Viduthalai [Indirani Kandiah]*/Thalaiyadi                           11 apr 197521 feb 2001
219. Lieut.Col.Anon/Arulchelvan [Sithamparapillai Sivakumar]/Nedunkeni28 dec 197116 march 2001
220. Major Kanthi [Jerin Sodadeyu]*/Mannar                                      26 sep 197516 march 2001
221. Major Aruna/Sutha [Thavachelvi Kulasingam]*/Chavakachcheri    03 jun 196916 march 2001
222. Major Nithya [Dayalini Selvarajah]*/Point Pedro                           13 jul 197716 march 2001
223. Major Kanthan [Mahadevan Suthakaran]/Manal Aru                    21 may 197629 march 2001
224. Captain Vahaisoodi [Mariyanayagam Dilip Stephen]/Ilavalai          12 oct 197629 march 2001
225. Captain Rahulan [Herath Banda Krishnakumar]/Paranthan             28 mar 198404 aug 2001
226. Captain Karikalan [Poologasingam Pushpakanthan]/Mulliyavalai      01 sep 198004 aug 2001
227. Major Kumaravel/Mathi [Krishnapillai Sivakumar]/Jaffna                 08 sep 197201 sept 2001
228. Major Osai/Iniyavan [Ratnam Rajkumar]/Ariyalai                        07 may 198115 sept 2001
229. Captain Thamiliniyan/Poraiarasan [Selvaratnam Yogeswaran]/Kudathanai east26 apr 198215 sept 2001
230. Major Sivakaran/Nallamuthu [Karthigesu Senthilkumar]/Columbuthurai 17 jul 197523 sept 2001
231. Captain Pulimagal [Yasotha Muthulingam]*/Udaiyarkaddu                13 apr 1982 23 sept 2001
232. Captain Anbukiniyan [Namasivayam Sivaruban]/Point Pedro            25 sep 197815 oct 2001
233. Major Rosa [Karpukarasi Ganesan]*/Karainagar                              06 oct 198021 oct 2001
234. Captain Ilamkuyilan [Noel Imanuel Patrick Edban]/Mannar               02 oct 197921 oct 2001
235. Lieut.Col.Amuthasurabi [Nanthini Sinnappu]*/Chempiyanpatru south 23 jul 197226 oct 2001
236. Major Kadalarasan/Samuthiran [Thampipillai Navam]/Batticaloa      15 aug 197430 oct 2001
237. Captain Kasthuri [Suthasini Thangarajah]*/Chulipuram                  28 may 198130 oct 2001
238. Captain Kanianban [Mailvaganam Srikanth]/Jaffna                           02 feb 198130 oct 2001
239. Captain Anbumalar/Kesavi [Anbalagi Ponrajah]*/Jaffna                    21 jul 197630 oct 2001
240. Major Valavan [Murugesu Uthayakumar]/Manipay west                    20 feb 198209 nov 2001

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