Heroes Day in Tamil Eelam
Heroes Day (Tamil: Maaverar Naal) in the Sri Lankan secessionist region of Tamil Eelam is observed every 27 November. The first LTTE cadre to die was Lt Sathiyanathan alias Shankar, who was also known as Suresh, died on November 27, 1982. It became a tradition to in LTTE to pay tribute to all the cadre's contribution to the movement on this day. Some of the Sri Lankan and Indian media usually point out that the Heros day is celebrated on the birthday of LTTE leader Prabhakaran, and his Heros day speach as his brithday speach. The reason for this confusion is that Prabhakaran's birthday is on November 26.
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