Third highest national honour in Sri Lanka
Deshabandu (Sinhala: දේශබන්දු, romanized: dēśabandu; Tamil: தேசபந்து, romanized: Tēcapantu, lit. 'Patriot') is the third highest national honour awarded in Sri Lanka. It is awarded "for meritorious service".[1] The title is held by no more than 150 living holders at any time. It is conferred with a citation and a silver medal with a symbol of a peacock.[2] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name.
Deshabandu ranks lower than Deshamanya.
Awardees
Awardees include:
- 1986
- 1987
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
- 1994
- Abdul Wahab Mohamed Ameer
- Mohamed Rushdi Uvais
- George Lawrence Andrew Ondaatjie
- Sohli Edelji Captain
- Wilbert Kaggodaarachchi
- Tikiri Banda Madugalla
- Aelian Alwis Cohomban Wickrama Jayasekera
- Hevatantrige Patrick George Ernest Peiris
- Percival Upajiva Ratnatunga
- Weliwitigoda Ariyadasa Wimaladharma
- Don Piyadasa Wijenarayana
- Alfred Samaraweera
- 1996
- 1998
- Primus Tillekeratne de Silva
- Ananda Daivin Soysa
- Rajadurai Sellaiah Thanabalasundaram
- Adhikari Mudiyanselage Dharmasena
- Nowfel S Jabir
- Rajapakse Pathirannehelage Jayaratne Pathirana
- Sunna Deniyage Gunadasa
- Seekkubaduge Wilbert Silva
- Mapatunage James Perera
- Minuwanpitiyage Darmasiri Dayananda Pieris
- Thambimuttu Duraisingam
- Muhammed Abdul Hameed Muhammed Hussain
- Merangne Gaulis Mendis
- Chasnyn Musafer
- BalaupasakageYasodis Thudawe
- Lady Puvaneshwari Vaithianathan
- Kolamba Patabendige Tissaweera Siriwardana Jinasena
- 2005
- 2017
- 2019
- M.R. Latiff
- Edwin Ariyadasa
- Sugath Thilakaratne
- Professor Wimal Dissanayake
- Anura Punchi Bandara Tennakoon
- Anslem Boniface Perera
- Professor Raja Sarath Bandara
- Professor Lakshman Dissanayake
- Professor Shirajini Niriella
- Professor Nimal Herath Sadaratne
- Jerome L. de Silva
- Augustin Roshan
[3]
References
- "National Awards". Presidential Secretariat. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
- ^ "LAUGFS Group Chairman receives 'Deshabandu' National Honour". Daily FT. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "President honours outstanding citizens at National Awards ceremony". 19 August 2019.
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