Batticaloa, Eastern Province
1. Balu Mahendra (1939)
Sri Lankan Film Director
Six-time National Film Award winning filmmaker remembered for acclaimed Indian films like Kokila. He won awards for directing, cinematography, and screenwriting during his illustrious career.
2. Nimalan Soundaranayagam (1950)
Sri Lankan Tamil Politician
Ashley Nimalan Soundaranayagam was a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher politician and Member of Parliament. Soundaranayagam was born on 6 November 1950. He was a school principal. Soundaranayagam contested the 1994...
3. Taraki Sivaram (1959)
Sri Lankan Journalist
Taraki Sivaram or Dharmeratnam Sivaram was a popular Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka. He was kidnapped by four men in a white van on April 28 2005 in front of...
4. Anton Balasingham (1938)
unknow
Anton Stanislaus Balasingham was the chief political strategist and chief negotiator of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam a militant organization. He was a British citizen of Tamil origin...