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'''Deshabandu''' ({{lang-si|දේශබන්දු}}; {{lang-ta|தேசபந்து|translit=Tēcapantu}}) is the third highest [[Sri Lankan honours system|national honour]] awarded in [[Sri Lanka]]. It is awarded "for meritorious service".<ref name=Gunawardena>{{cite book|last=Gunawardena|first=Charles A.|title=Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka|year=2005|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|page=254|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWLQSMPddikC&pg=PA254&lpg=PA254&dq=Veera+Chudamani&source=bl&ots=1B2Z3JPhh6&sig=CCIQfCDd0RF3SG9A9XF_oYCkOLQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4yXdUd2RBYipiAeJ6oHgCA&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Veera%20Chudamani&f=false}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=LAUGFS Group Chairman receives ‘Deshabandu’ National Honour |url=http://www.ft.lk/article/605962/LAUGFS%C2%A0Group-Chairman-receives%C2%A0-Deshabandu--National-Honour |website=Daily FT |accessdate=31 August 2018}}</ref> It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Deshabandu ranks lower than [[Deshamanya]].
'''Deshabandu''' ({{lang-si|දේශබන්දු}}; {{lang-ta|தேசபந்து|translit=Tēcapantu}}) is the third highest [[Sri Lankan honours system|national honour]] awarded in [[Sri Lanka]]. It is awarded "for meritorious service".<ref name=Gunawardena>{{cite book|last=Gunawardena|first=Charles A.|title=Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka|year=2005|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|page=254|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWLQSMPddikC&pg=PA254&lpg=PA254&dq=Veera+Chudamani&source=bl&ots=1B2Z3JPhh6&sig=CCIQfCDd0RF3SG9A9XF_oYCkOLQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4yXdUd2RBYipiAeJ6oHgCA&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Veera%20Chudamani&f=false}}</ref> The title is held by no more than 151 living holders at any time. It is conferred with a citation and a silver medal with a symbol of a peacock.<ref>{{cite web |title=LAUGFS Group Chairman receives ‘Deshabandu’ National Honour |url=http://www.ft.lk/article/605962/LAUGFS%C2%A0Group-Chairman-receives%C2%A0-Deshabandu--National-Honour |website=Daily FT |accessdate=31 August 2018}}</ref> It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Deshabandu ranks lower than [[Deshamanya]].


==Awardees==
==Awardees==

Revision as of 09:00, 13 June 2020

Deshabandu
දේශබන්දු
தேசபந்து
Awarded by

The Government of Sri Lanka
TypeTitle of honor/Order of merit
EligibilitySri Lankan citizens
CriteriaHighly notable service to the nation
StatusCurrently constituted
Statistics
First induction1986
Last induction2019
Precedence
Next (higher)Deshamanya
Next (lower)Veera Chudamani



Deshabandu (Sinhala: දේශබන්දු; Tamil: தேசபந்து, romanized: Tēcapantu) 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 151 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
1996
1998
2005
2017
2019
  • M.R. Latiff
  • Edwin Ariyadasa
  • Sugath Tilakarathne
  • Professor Wimal Dissanayake
  • Anura Punchi Bandara Tennakoon
  • Anslem Boniface Perera
  • Professor Raja Sarath Bandara
  • Professor Lakshman Dissanayake
  • Professor Shirajini Niriella
  • Professor Nimal Herath Sadaratne

[3]

Veteran dramatist Jerome L. de Silva was awarded th

References

  • "National Awards". Presidential Secretariat. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  1. ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254.
  2. ^ "LAUGFS Group Chairman receives 'Deshabandu' National Honour". Daily FT. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. ^ https://www.newsfirst.lk/2019/08/19/president-honours-outstanding-citizens-at-national-awards-ceremony/
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