Deshamanya
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Deshamanya (Pride of the Nation) is the second highest Sri Lankan national honour (after the Sri Lankabhimanya) awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name.
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[edit] Awardees
Awardees of the Deshamanya include, yet are not limited to, the following individuals:
[edit] Academics
- Radhika Coomaraswamy – Academic, Human Rights Activist, UNHR diplomat
- R. K. W. Goonesekera - Academic, Lawyer
[edit] Architecture
- Geoffrey Bawa - Architect
[edit] Arts
- W. D. Amaradeva – Music Director
[edit] Businessmen
- H.K. Dharmadasa - Leading entrepreneur
[edit] Civil Service, Politicians, Diplomats
- Vernon Mendis – Diplomat
- Jayantha Kelegama - Civil servant and academic
- Nissanka Wijeyeratne – Politician
- James Peter Obeyesekere III – Politician
- Bradman Weerakoon – Civil servant
- Neville Kanakeratne – Diplomat
- Mohammed Abdul Bakeer Markar – Politician[1]
- Doreen Young Wickremasinghe – Politician
- H.L. de Silva – Diplomat[2][3]
- Mrs. Siva Obeyesekere – Politician
[edit] Industry
- Harry Jayawardena – Businessman
- Ken Balendra – Businessman
- Lalith Kotelawala - Businessman
- Gunadasa Kevitiyagala -Businessman
[edit] Judiciary
- V. Manicavasagar – Supreme Court Justice
[edit] Military
- Richard Udugama - Major General
- D. S. Attygalle – General
- Denis Perera - Lieutenant General
- Paddy Mendis - Air Chief Marshal
[edit] Policemen
- Cyril Herath - Inspector General of Police
[edit] Unspecified
- Nissanka Wijewardena
- Nandadeva Wijesekera
- Prof. Nandadasa Kodagoda
- E. L. B. Hurulle[4]
- Prof. A.H. Sheriffdeen
- Mahesh Amalean
- Sohli Captain
- Dr. K. Pushpa Kumar(Bharathi) [5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Al-Haj Deshamanya M.A. Bakeer Markar – The Peoples Man". http://www.thebottomline.lk/2009/05/13/news47.htm.
- ^ "DE SILVA - DESHAMANYA HERMAN LEONARD". http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/04/11/main_Obituaries.asp.
- ^ "A tribute to my father – H. L. De Silva". http://www.island.lk/2009/04/18/opinion1.html.
- ^ "Late Deshamanya E. L. B. Hurulle". http://www.island.lk/2009/05/17/features4.html.
- ^ "Deshamanya Iniyapaarathi". http://colombotelegraph.com/2011/12/03/exclusive-photographic-evidence-of-sl-government-whitevanning-child-soldier-recruitments-and-deshamanya-iniyapaarathi/.
[edit] See also
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