Taraki Sivaram

Quick Facts

Full Name	Taraki Sivaram
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Aug 11, 1959(1959-08-11)
Age	65
Birthplace	Batticaloa
Country	Sri Lanka
Birth City	Eastern Province
Horoscope	Leo

Taraki Sivaram Biography

Taraki Sivaram is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on August 11, 1959 in Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

Taraki Sivaram or Dharmeratnam Sivaram (11 August 1959 – 28 April 2005) was a popular Tamil journalist of Sri Lanka. He was kidnapped by four men in a white van on 28 April 2005, in front of the Bambalapitya police station. His body was found the next day in the district of Himbulala, near the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He had been beaten and shot in the head.

In 1982 Sivaram joined the Gandhian Movement, then a front organisation for the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE), one of the many Tamil organisations. After Sri Lanka’s ethnic conflict erupted into civil war in 1983, Sivaram, under the alias SR, soon became a PLOTE militant. In 1988, a year after the Indo-Lankan accord was signed, Uma Maheswaran, PLOTE’s leader, appointed Sivaram General Secretary of the Democratic People’s Liberation Front (DPLF), the organisation’s registered political party. Sivaram left PLOTE in 1989, after disagreeing with Maheswaran’s attempts to establish firmer relations with the Sinhala nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and because of group’s involvement in an abortive coup in the Maldives.

Taraki Sivaram Net Worth

Taraki Sivaram is one of the richest Journalist from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Taraki Sivaram 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sivaram, the well-known and controversial political analyst and a senior editor for Tamilnet.com, was born on 11 August 1959 in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, to a prominent local family with significant land holdings and political connections near the village of Akkaraipattu. He was educated at St. Michael’s College, Batticaloa, and later at Pembroke and Aquinas Colleges in Colombo. He was accepted into the University of Peradeniya in 1982 but soon dropped out due to tensions associated with the first phases of Sri Lanka civil war in 1983 (see Black July pogrom).

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Who is Taraki Sivaram Dating?

According to our records, Taraki Sivaram married to Herly Yogaranjini Poopalapillai. As of December 1, 2023, Taraki Sivaram’s is not dating anyone.

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The LTTE accused the government in complicity of his murder. Prior to his murder state owned media outlets since 2001 have accused him of being an LTTE spy, leading to the conclusion by some that his death was officially sanctioned (see State terrorism in Sri Lanka). One year later a Tamil man belonging to the PLOTE organisation was apprehended but eyewitnesses refused to identify him as one of the kidnappers. No more activity regarding the government investigation is available.

Facts & Trivia

Li Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Taraki Sivaram celebrates birthday on August 11 of every year.

In 2015, the 10th anniversary of his death was observed, in various parts of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Also a documentary film on Taraki’s work was released on the World Press Freedom Day at the Chennai Press Club, Chennai.