Nadarajah Raviraj

Hon. Maamanithar[1][2][3]
Nadarajah Raviraj
நடராஜா ரவிராஜ்
Member of Parliament
for Jaffna District
In office
2001–2006
Succeeded byN. Srikantha
16th Mayor of Jaffna
In office
9 January 2001 – 18 December 2001
Preceded byPon Sivapalan
Succeeded bySellan Kandaiyan
Personal details
Born(1962-06-25)25 June 1962
Died10 November 2006(2006-11-10) (aged 44)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi
Other political
affiliations		Tamil National Alliance
ProfessionLawyer

Nadarajah Raviraj (Tamil: நடராஜா ரவிராஜ், romanized: naṭarājā ravirāj, [n̪aɖaˈɾaːdʑaː ˈɾaʋiɾaːdʑ]; 25 June 1962 – 10 November 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician who served as Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for Jaffna District from 2001 to 2006. A member of the Tamil National Alliance, he was shot dead on 10 November 2006 in Colombo.

  1. ^ "Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar (Great Humanbeing) award to Raviraj". The Island (Sri Lanka). 12 November 2006.
  2. ^ Fuard, Asif (12 November 2006). "He asked "why are you silent"; the next day he was silenced". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
  3. ^ "Pirapaharan confers Maamanithar award to Raviraj". TamilNet. 11 November 2006.