Shankar Rajee
| Shankar Rajee | |
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| Born |
N. Thirunesan 11 November 1949 |
| Died | 10 January 2005 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Organization | Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students |
Nesadurai Thirunesan (11 November 1949 – 10 January 2005; commonly known by the nom-de-guerre Shankar Rajee) was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant and one of the founders of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students.
Thirunesan was born on 11 November 1949. He was from Urumpirai in northern Ceylon. He was the son of Manickam Nesadurai and Potkodi. Thirunesan grew up in the Ceylonese capital Colombo. He and his family were victims of the 1958 riots. The family, like many of the Tamil victims of the riots, were shipped off to the northern Tamil areas of the country. In 1966 the family decided to move back to Colombo but Thirunesan didn't want to go, choosing instead to go to study in the UK. In London he studied agricultural engineering and automobile engineering.
Thirunesan married Nirmala (Rani). They had one son, Nesan and two daughters, Rajini and Niranjini.
Thirunesan worked as an engineer for Ford in London. Whilst in London, Thirunesan, along with V. Balakumaran, Balanadarajah Iyer and E. Ratnasabapathy, founded the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS), one of the earliest Tamil militant groups, in 1975. Thirunesan took on the nom-de-guerre Shankar Rajee. As head of EROS' military wing, Shankar Rajee established contact with Palestinian militant groups and arranged for prominent Tamil militants, such as Uma Maheswaran, to receive military training from the Palestinians. He was on the CIA’s Most Wanted List and took part in the October 1984 bombing in Colombo, the first bombing in Colombo during the Sri Lankan civil war. Shankar Rajee represented EROS at the India-mediated peace talks in Thimpu in 1985.
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