G. Yogasangari
| Honourable G. Yogasangari MP | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Sri Lanka Parliament for Jaffna District | |
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In office 1989–1990 | |
| Succeeded by | K. Srinivasan |
| Personal details | |
| Died |
19 June 1990 Kodambakam, Madras, India |
| Political party | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front |
| 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).
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (16 March 2008). "Assassinating Tamil Parliamentarians: The unceasing waves". The Nation (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Subramanian, T. S. (14 August 1999). "Chronicle of murders". Frontline. 16 (17). ISSN 0970-1710.
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