Maamanithar

{{Short description|Sri Lankan honorary title}} {{About||the 1995 film|Maa Manithan (1995 film)|the 2022 film|Maamanithan (2022 film)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}} '''Maamanithar''' or '''Maamanithan''' ({{langx|ta|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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jeyaraj|first=D. B. S.|title=Bala Annai was the voice of the Tamil Eelam nation|url=http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20061217/issues.htm|newspaper=The Sunday Leader|date=17 December 2006|authorlink=}}</ref>

==Recipients== * Kasi Ananthan (born 1938), poet.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mamanithar Kasi Ananthan - Poet Laureate of Tamil Eelam|url=http://tamilnation.co/hundredtamils/kasiananthan.htm|work=One Hundred Tamils of the 20th Century|publisher=TamilNation.org}}</ref> * A. Chandranehru (1944–2005), politician; conferred 9 February 2005.<ref name=BBC010505>{{cite news|title=‘Great man’ award to Tamilnet editor|url=https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/news/story/2005/05/050501_sivaram_award|newspaper=BBC Sinhala|date=1 May 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kamalendran|first=Chris|title=Army sentry points attacked in day of hartal, high drama|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/050213/news/10.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=13 February 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pirapaharan honours slain TNA MP|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=14239|newspaper=TamilNet|date=12 February 2005}}</ref> * C. J. Eliezer (1918–2001), academic; conferred 19 October 1997.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sri Kantha|first=Sachi|title=Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer (1918-2001)|url=http://www.sangam.org/2012/07/Prof_CJ_Eliezer.php?uid=4791|publisher=Ilankai Tamil Sangam|authorlink=Sachi Sri Kantha|date=14 July 2012}}</ref> * Thillainadarajah Jeyakumar (died 2007); conferred March 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=LTTE confers Maamanithar award on veteran activist|url=http://www.tamilguardian.com/tg346/p8.pdf|newspaper=Tamil Guardian|date=11 April 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505172422/http://www.tamilguardian.com/tg346/p8.pdf|archivedate=5 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=LTTE confers Maamanithar award to Jeyakumar|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=21722|newspaper=TamilNet|date=31 March 2007}}</ref> * Joseph Pararajasingham (1934–2005), politician; conferred 25 December 2005.<ref>{{cite news|title=Siege of Jaffna on the cards|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/060101/columns/sitrep.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=1 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=LTTE confers "Maamanithar" title to Pararajasingham|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16639|newspaper=TamilNet|date=25 December 2005}}</ref> * Kumar Ponnambalam (1940–2000), politician; conferred January 2000.<ref name=BBC010505/><ref>{{cite web|title=Special Report No: 19 – The Curse of Impunity Part II Defiance, Hope and Betrayal – The Times of Sivaram|url=http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport19ptII.htm|publisher=University Teachers for Human Rights|date=9 September 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='Mamanithan' award for Ponnambalam|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=4490|newspaper=TamilNet|date=8 January 2000}}</ref> * Nadarajah Raviraj (1962–2006), politician; conferred 10 November 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar (Great Humanbeing) award to Raviraj|url=http://www.island.lk/2006/11/12/news10.html|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=12 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Fuard|first=Asif|title=He asked "why are you silent"; the next day he was silenced|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/061112/News/nws5.0.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=12 November 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar award to Raviraj|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=20240|newspaper=TamilNet|date=11 November 2006}}</ref> * V. Satchithananthasivam (Gnanatharan) (died 2006), journalist; conferred January 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=LTTE confers Maamanithar award to stalwart at Niedharsanam|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=16951|newspaper=TamilNet|date=21 January 2006}}</ref> * Kalaignani A. Selvaratnam; conferred 1991.<ref>{{cite news|title=Honoured curator passes away|url=http://www.tamilguardian.com/tg142/news.htm|newspaper=Tamil Guardian|date=2 January 2001|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505162943/http://www.tamilguardian.com/tg142/news.htm|archivedate=5 May 2014}}</ref> * S. Sivamaharajah (1938–2006), politician and publisher; conferred 22 August 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=LTTE confers Maamanithar award on Sivamaharaja|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=19352|newspaper=TamilNet|date=24 August 2006}}</ref> * K. Sivanesan (1957–2008), politician; conferred 7 March 2008.<ref>{{cite news|last=Athas|first=Iqbal|title=Troops make progress in north, but major battles ahead|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080309/Columns/sitreport.html|newspaper=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=9 March 2008|authorlink=Iqbal Athas}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Jeyaraj|first=D. B. S.|title=Assassinating Tamil Parliamentarians: The unceasing waves|url=http://www.nation.lk/2008/03/16/newsfe1.htm|newspaper=The Nation (Sri Lanka)|date=16 March 2008|authorlink=|access-date=5 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220083850/http://www.nation.lk/2008/03/16/newsfe1.htm|archive-date=20 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar title to Sivanesan|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=24885|newspaper=TamilNet|date=7 March 2008}}</ref> * Taraki Sivaram (1959–2005), journalist; conferred 30 April 2005.<ref name=BBC010505/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sambandan|first=V. S.|title=The end of a dissenter|journal=Frontline|date=21 May 2005|volume=22|issue=11|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2211/stories/20050603001305200.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pirapaharan confers "Maamanithar" title to Sivaram|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=14783|newspaper=TamilNet|date=30 April 2005}}</ref> * Marusaleen Soosainayagam (Naavannan) (died 2006), poet; conferred 15 April 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Balachandran|first=P. K.|title=LTTE-Lanka battle for Catholic support|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ltte-lanka-battle-for-catholic-support/article1-216085.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505162923/http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ltte-lanka-battle-for-catholic-support/article1-216085.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2014|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=15 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar award to Poet Naavannan|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=21896|newspaper=TamilNet|date=15 April 2007}}</ref> * A. Thurairajah (1934–1994), academic.<ref name=BBC010505/> * Vanniasingham Vigneswaran (assassinated 2006); conferred April 2006.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ferdinando|first=Shamindra|title=Vigneswaran had thanked police for maintaining order – IGP|url=http://www.island.lk/2006/04/10/news2.html|newspaper=The Island (Sri Lanka)|date=10 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Balachandran|first=P. K.|title=Canada ban won't hit LTTE materially|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm9/canada-ban-won-t-hit-ltte-materially/article1-85752.aspx|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=11 April 2006|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505174214/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm9/canada-ban-won-t-hit-ltte-materially/article1-85752.aspx|archivedate=5 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar title to Vigneswaran|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=17708|newspaper=TamilNet|date=8 April 2006}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{cite web|title=Mamanithar|url=http://tamilnation.co/tamileelam/mamanithar/index.htm|work=Struggle for Tamil Eelam|publisher=TamilNation.org}}

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