G. Yogasangari | |
|---|---|
| Ganesasangary Yogashangary | |
| Member of Parliament for Jaffna District | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Preceded by | K. Srinivasan |
| Succeeded by | K. Srinivasan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 January Sri Lanka, Jaffna |
| Died | 19 June 1990 Kodambakam, Madras, India |
| Citizenship | British |
| Political party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
| Occupation | MP |
| Profession | Politician |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Veerasingam Ganeshasangari Yogasangari (died 19 June 1990) was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, politician and Member of Parliament.
Yogasangari was the son of V. Ganeshasangaree, brother of Tamil United Liberation Front politician V. Anandasangaree.[1]
Yogasangari contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front's candidates in Jaffna District and was elected to Parliament.[2]
Yogasangari and other senior members of the EPRLF were assassinated on 19 June 1990 in Kodambakam, Madras, India.[3][4] The assassination was blamed on the rival rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[5][6]
References
- ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (15 June 2008). "Last TULF Leader standing: Sangaree at 75". The Nation (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Parthasarathy, R. (15 July 1990). "A Massacre in Madras" (PDF). Tamil Times. IX (8): 9. ISSN 0266-4488.
- ^ Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 44: Eelam war - again". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 17 September 2002.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (16 March 2008). "Assassinating Tamil Parliamentarians: The unceasing waves". The Nation (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
- ^ Subramanian, T. S. (14 August 1999). "Chronicle of murders". Frontline. 16 (17). ISSN 0970-1710. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
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