Thileepan

Thiyaka Theepam [1] Lt. Colonel Thileepan
திலீபன்
Born	R. Parthipan (1963-11-27)27 November 1963
Died	26 September 1987(1987-09-26) (aged 23) Nallur, Sri Lanka
Other names	Amirthalingam Thileepan
Years active	1983 –1987
Organization	Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Rasaiah Parthipan (Tamil: இராசையா பார்த்திபன்; 29 November 1963 – 26 September 1987; commonly known by the nom de guerre Thileepan) was a Tamil Eelam revolutionary and member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant organisation in Sri Lanka. He died while on hunger strike.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}