Honorific Prefix: | Captain |
Ranjan Lala | |
Native Name: | கப்டன் லாலா ரஞ்சன் |
Native Name Lang: | ta |
Birth Name: | K. Gnanendramohan |
Birth Date: | 2 September 1960 |
Death Place: | Thondamanaru, Jaffna District |
Years Active: | ? - 1984 |
Organization: | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
Kanakanayakam Gnanendramohan (Tamil: கனகநாயகம் ஞானேந்திரமோகன் Kaṉakanāyakam Ñāṉēntiramōkaṉ; 2 September 1960 - 13 July 1984; commonly known by the nom de guerre Ranjan Lala) was a leading member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.
Gnanendramohan was born on 2 September 1960. He was from Odakkarai near Point Pedro, Jaffna District. His niece Sivagowri Shanthamohan is married to Nediyavan (Perinpanayagam Sivaparan), a leading member of the LTTE amongst the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora.[1] Gnanendramohan joined the LTTE and took on the nom de guerre Ranjan Lala. He was one of the founding members of the LTTE and a confidant of its leader V. Prabhakaran.[1]
He was trained in India along with Kumarappa and Bhanu.[2] Captain Ranjan Lala was shot dead by the Special Task Force on 13 July 1984 whilst he was riding a motorcycle in the Thondamanaru area of Jaffna District.[1] [3]