| Colonel Ramanan | |
| Other Names: | Kandiah Ulaganathan |
| Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
| Birth Date: | 1966 |
| Death Date: | May 21, 2006 |
| Death Place: | Vavunathivu, Sri Lanka |
| Party: | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
Kandiah Ulaganathan (Tamil: கந்தையா உலகநாதன்), also known with his nom-de-guerre Colonel Ramanan (ரமணன்),[1] [2] was a senior commander of the Tamil Tigers, and was the number two in the Tamil Tiger military wing and its chief intelligence operative in the eastern region.[3] [4] He was from Palukamam, Batticaloa District, Sri Lanka.
Ulganathan was born in 1966 in Palugaamam to a family of farmers. He studied at the Kandumani Maha Vidyalam. He joined the LTTE in 1986, a year before his brother joined. His brother was killed in a skirmish with the IPKF in 1987.[5]
Colonel Ramanan was killed by a sniper along Vavunathivu forward defence line on 21 May 2006.[6] Tamilnet claimed the sniper was connected to the Sri Lankan Army,[7] while military forces claimed[8] was ambushed by members of the Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal. They allegedly ambushed him as he was riding a motorcycle. They attempted to detonate a mine, which failed, leading to his demise at the hand of gunshots.[9]