The Charles Antony Special Regiment,[1] was a commando unit and the first conventional fighting formation created by the LTTE.

It was founded on 10 April 1991, and was initially trained under the leadership of Brigadier Balraj.

Military analysts say that with the fall of Elephant pass, the Charles Anthony Special Regiment established the LTTE as the only non-state military force in the world capable of such complex manoeuvre war fighting.

Lt.Seelan led the first ever attack on the Sri Lankan army by any Tamil militant group on 15 October 1981 when the LTTE ambushed an army jeep driving down the KKS Road in Jaffna, killing 2 soldiers.

[5] From its start to the end of civil war it has lost around 2200 soldiers in various battles.