Vanniasingham Vigneswaran

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Vanniasingham Vigneswaran
President of the Trincomalee District Tamil Peoples' Forum
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Born1955 [1]
Nainativu, Sri Lanka
Died7 April 2006
Trincomalee
Political party Tamil National Alliance
Alma mater Nainativu Central College
Ethnicity Sri Lankan Tamil

Vanniasingham Vigneswaran (died in 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and president of the Trincomalee District Tamil Peoples' Forum. He was selected as the National List Member of Parliament to replace Joseph Pararajasingham by the Tamil National Alliance who had been assassinated to the Sri Lankan Parliament.

Death

Vigneswaran was shot dead at 9.30 am outside the Bank of Ceylon in Inner Harbor Road between the office of the Senior Superintendent of Police and Trincomalee Harbor Police in Trincomalee in a High Security Zone on 7 April 2006. Vigneswaran had led a campaign against the installation of a Buddha statue close to the Trincomalee central bus stand by the Sri Lankan Army in May 2005. In June 2005 grenades were thrown at his house. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] On 8 April 2006 the LTTE conferred the title Maamanithar (great human being) on Vigneswaran. [9] [10] [11] [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Vigneswaran shot dead in Trincomalee". Tamilnet. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "TNA condemns Vigneswaran killing". Tamilnet. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "TNA MPs, LTTE leaders pay respect to Vigneswaran in Kilinochchi". Tamilnet. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "President of Tamil activist group in Sri Lanka assassinated". Taipei Times. 8 April 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Cease-fire endangered by Sri Lanka killings". New York Times. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sri Lanka Tamil activist 'killed'". BBC News. 7 April 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Trinco activist honoured in Vanni". BBC Sinhala. 9 April 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar title to Vigneswaran". Tamilnet. 8 April 2006. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "Another Buddha statue placed near Trincomalee private bus stand". Tamilnet. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "Vigneswaran burial held in Anpuvallipuram". Tamilnet. 11 April 2006. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
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