Major General Ananda Sri Sisira Kumara Hamangoda, RWP, RSP, USP (1 November 1950 – 4 July 1996) was a senior Sri Lanka Army officer, who was the former brigade commander of the 51-2 Brigade based in Jaffna, when he was killed by a LTTE female suicide bomber.

He was judged as the best orator and best overall student in the year 1971, served as deputy head prefect, house captain and was a sergeant of the college cadet platoon.

[4] Brigadier Hamangoda was killed on 4 July 1996, when a LTTE female suicide bomber detonated explosives strapped to her waist as the motorcade he was in stopped at Stanley Road in Jaffna town.

The intended target, Housing and Construction Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, escaped with minor injuries.

However 20 people, including Brigadier Hamangoda and Ranjith Godamuna, chairman, Lanka Cement were killed and approximately 60 others sustained injuries.