D.M. Ananda

Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Nandasena (2 February 1957 – 15 November 1989: : nom de guerre: Amal Mahattaya), popularly known as D. M. Ananda, was a senior leader and a politburo member of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) during the notorious 1987–1989 insurrection. He was the third unofficial leader of the JVP's second insurgency after Wijeweera and Gamanayake. Ananda was captured by Sri Lankan government forces in 1989 and apparently died in captivity.

Early life He was born on 2 February 1957 at Minuwangate village near Rindibendiella in Wariyapola, Sri Lanka.

He was educated at the Ratmale Rathanasena Pirivena. Then he entered the University of Peradeniya on October 17, 1977 to pursue a degree in Fine Arts. During his university days, D.M. Ananda was a student activist. They and others have been working since 1978 to build the student movement. As a result, the JVP Socialist Students' Union gained almost all control of the Peradeniya University Student Council in 1979/80. He was President of the Socialist Students Union, the student arm of the JVP, and the Secretary of the Inter University Students' Federation (IUSF). As the chief organizer of this campaign, which was largely steered by the JVP, thousands of university and other students demonstrated on the streets. As a result of this campaign, the JVP drew radical youths to the movement. Ananda was recognized as a capable organizer. He became the key link between the JVP and the university activists. They played the most vital part of the 1987-89 insurrection and many of the party's leaders were students or former students. After the banning of the JVP, he also served as the Matara, Kalutara and Colombo District Organizers. He was also in charge of the technical division that manufactured bombs and mines. Ananda was also instrumental in the activities of the cultural section including the Ranahanda radio conducted by the JVP. He was also the third unofficial leader of the second insurrection. However, there was no positive response from the President and Ananda was assassinated on November 15, 1989 in Mattegoda after the assassination of Wijeweera. It is widely believed that Wijeweera was arrested by a revelation made by Ananda. But, it is an opinion popularized by security intelligence on the advice of foreign intelligence services.