M. K. Eelaventhan

Manicavasagar Kanagasabapathy Eelaventhan (born M. K. Kanagentran, 14 September 1932 – 28 April 2024) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician who was a Member of Parliament.

Background Kanagentran was born on 14 September 1932. He was the son of Kanagasabapathy, a station master from Nallur in northern Ceylon.

Career Kanagentran worked at the Central Bank of Ceylon, eventually becoming head of the Tamil translation section in the Economic Research Department before retiring in 1980.

Kanagentran was an active member of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) but in 1970 joined V. Navaratnam's Tamil Self Rule Party. He later re-joined ITAK, which was now part of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF).

Eelaventhan was appointed a Tamil National Alliance National List MP in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2004 parliamentary election. He forfeited his seat in Parliament in November 2007 for being absent for more than three months.

Eelaventhan emigrated to Canada where in May 2010 he was elected to the Transnational Constituent Assembly of Tamil Eelam.