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Colonel Shankar | |
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| Born | Vaithilingam Sornalingam September 1949 |
| Died | 26 September 2001 (aged 51–52) Sri Lanka |
| Other names | Mukilan |
| Known for | Founder and leader of the air wing and marine division of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
Vaithilingam Sornalingam (September 1949 – 26 September 2001; Tamil: வைத்தியலிங்கம் சொர்ணலிங்கம், alternative spellings include Vythilingam Sornalingam; often referred to by his nom de guerre Colonel Shankar) was founder of the air wing and marine division of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and a relative of Velupillai Prabhakaran.[1]
He was educated in Sri Lanka, and worked for some time in Canada before returning to Sri Lanka and joining the LTTE.[2]
- ^ Salter, Mark (2015). To end a civil war: Norway's peace engagement in Sri Lanka. London: Hurst. ISBN 978-1-84904-574-2. OCLC 1041254492.
- ^ Jeyaraj, D.B.S. (13 October 2001), "Death of a Tiger", The Hindu, archived from the original on 28 November 2001, retrieved 3 January 2007
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