1. Charles Lucas Anthony, commonly known by the nom de guerre Seelan, was a Sri Lankan Tamil rebel and leading member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka.
11 Facts About Seelan
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Seelan was from Trincomalee in eastern Ceylon and a Roman Catholic.
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Seelan was educated at Sri Koneswara Hindu College in Trincomalee.
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Seelan is said to have participated in the burning of the Sri Lankan flag when it was hoisted at the school on republic day in 1972.
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Seelan was a close friend and confidante of LTTE leader V Prabhakaran.
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Seelan is credited with transforming the LTTE into the leading Tamil militant group.
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Seelan is believed to have been responsible for the shooting to death of Sivashanmugamoorthy, deputy leader of People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam and editor of the Puthiya Pathai magazine, at the Chitra Press in Jaffna on 2 January 1982.
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On 27 October 1982 Seelan led a group of LTTE cadres and attacked the police station in Chavakachcheri, killing three police officers and stealing a large amount of arms and ammunition.
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Seelan was seriously wounded after being shot in the knee.
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Seelan was driven to the house of University of Jaffna lecturer M Niththyanandan and his wife Nirmala in Jaffna for medical treatment.
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Seelan was then moved to Tamil Nadu for further medical treatment and didn't return to Sri Lanka until February 1983.