Maamanithar

For the 1995 film, see Maa Manithan (1995 film). For the 2022 film, see Maamanithan (2022 film).

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]
• C. J. 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 (assassinated 2006); conferred April 2006.^[26][27][28]