Kanakanayakam Gnanendramohan ( ''Kaṉakanāyakam Ñāṉēntiramōkaṉ''; 2 September 1960 – 13 July 1984; commonly known by the ''

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'' Ranjan Lala) was a leading member of the

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(LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in

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. Gnanendramohan was born on 2 September 1960. He was from Odakkarai near

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. His niece Sivagowri Shanthamohan is married to

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- 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. He was trained in

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along with Kumarappa and Bhanu. 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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranjan Lala 1960 births 1984 deaths Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka Deaths by firearm in Sri Lanka People killed during the Sri Lankan civil war People shot dead by law enforcement officers in Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Tamil rebels Sri Lankan Tamil people