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Douglas Devananda was born on 10 November, 1957 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan politician. Discover Douglas Devananda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?
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66 years old |
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Scorpio |
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10 November, 1957 |
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10 November |
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Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Nationality |
Sri Lankan
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Douglas Devananda Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Douglas Devananda Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Douglas Devananda worth at the age of 66 years old? Douglas Devananda’s income source is mostly from being a successful politician. He is from Sri Lankan. We have estimated Douglas Devananda's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Kathiravelu Nythiananda Devananda, commonly known as Douglas Devananda (டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா), is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Cabinet Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party.
Originally a Sri Lanka Tamil militant who fought against the Sri Lankan government for an independent Tamil Eelam, he became a pro-government paramilitary leader and politician.
Due to his strong opposition to and vocal criticism of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers), they unsuccessfully tried to assassinate him over 10 times.
Devananda is a proclaimed offender in India and is wanted on charges of murder, attempt to murder, rioting, unlawful assembly and kidnapping.
Kathiravelu Devananda was born on 10 November 1957.
His father was Subramaniam Kathiravelu, an employee of Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and his mother was Maheswary, a teacher at Jaffna Central College.
He has three brothers and a sister.
Maheswary died when Devananda was six-years old.
Devananda studied at Jaffna Central College before moving to Colombo in 1974.
He lived with his paternal uncle K. C. Nythiananda at 17 Francis Road in Colombo 06 and studied at Colombo Hindu College.
As a teenager, Devananda was influenced by the political work of his father, a member of the Sri Lanka Communist Party and his uncle, a leading trade unionist.
Feeling discriminated by certain government policies, he wanted to be engaged in the emerging Tamil liberation movement.
Thus he joined the Eelam Liberation Organization (ELO) and later became a founder-member of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS).
He took on the nom de guerre Douglas.
Following his victory in the 1977 election, President J.R. Jayawardene appointed Nythiananda as the chairman of the newly formed Palmyrah Development Board and Devananda functioned as his personal assistant.
Devananda was in charge of EROS' student wing, the General Union of Eelam Students (GUES).
In 1978, the EROS dispatched Devananda to Lebanon for military training with Al Fatah, an organization within the Palestine Liberation Organization.
In 1980 EROS split into two as K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba) and Varatharajah Perumal broke away and formed the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF).
GUES and Devananda joined EPRLF.
Devananda was twice arrested in 1980 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and was held in various prisons in the country.
He was imprisoned again after a bank robbery at Thirukkovil.
He was in Welikada prison when the July 1983 anti-Tamil riots began.
On 25 and 27 July 1983 53 Tamil prisoners were massacred by Sinhalese prisoners.
Devananda and 27 other Tamil prisoners who survived were transferred to Batticaloa prison.
On 27 September 1983, 41 Tamil political prisoners including Devananda escaped from Batticaloa prison.
Devananda fled to Tamil Nadu in India.
In India Devananda was given training by the Indian authorities.
He was made commander of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), EPRLF's military wing.
Devananda and other PLA members were given military training by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
On returning to Jaffna Devananda was put in charge of all of the EPRLF's military activities in Sri Lanka.
On the night of 10 May 1984 the PLA, on the orders of Devananda, kidnapped newly-wed Ohio couple Stanley Bryson Allen and Mary Allen from their home on Beach Road, Gurunagar, Jaffna.
The EPRLF/PLA suspected the Allens of being CIA agents.
The PLA threatened to kill the Allens unless a ransom of 50 million rupees ($2 million) was paid and 20 militants released.
The Allens were released on 12 May 1984 after pressure was exerted by the Indian authorities.
On 5 May 1985 the PLA led by Devananda attacked the Sri Lankan Navy base at Karainagar.
It was a disaster: Devananda's cousin Shobha (alias Mathivathani) and PLA second-in-command Sinnavan were amongst the PLA cadres killed.
By early 1986 disputes had arisen between Devananda and Pathmanabha, the EPRLF's political leader.
The EPRLF leadership split into two factions: EPRLF (Ranjan) and EPRLF (Douglas).
Devananda was replaced by Gaffoor as the EPRLF's military commander.
He was sworn in as Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on 22 November 2019.
