Deshabandu
Deshabandhu is the third highest national honour awarded in Sri Lanka. It is awarded "for meritorious service".[1] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Deshabandhu ranks lower than Deshamanya.
Awardees
Awardees include:
- 1986
- Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne[2]
- Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa[2]
- Norendradas Jayaratnam Wallooppillai[2]
- Daphne Attygalle[2]
- Wimala de Silva[2]
- Arulanandam Yesuadian Samuel Gnanam[2]
- David Edwin Hettiarachchi[2]
- Dhamital Senakumar Jayasundera[2]
- Clara Motwani[2]
- 1987
- Bulathsinhelage Sirisena Cooray[2]
- James Ernest Ivan Corea[2]
- Albert Edirisinghe[2]
- Don Jinadasa Attygalle[2]
- Siva Chinnatamby[2]
- Lena Charlotte Fernando[2]
- Mohamed Thassim Ahamed Furkhan[2]
- Sathischandra Jayasinghe[2]
- Abeysiri Mendis Munasinghe[2]
- Abdul Haleem Sheriffdeen[2]
- Franciskuhettige Gerald Hudson Silva[2]
- Samuel Jeyarajah Stephen[2]
- Victor Garwin Weerawardhana Ratnayake[2]
- Michael Tissera[2]
- Wickramasinghage Wimaladasa[2]
- 1988
- Velu Annamalai[2]
- Mohamed Mohideen Mohamed Abdul Cader[2]
- Nuwarapaksa Hewayalage Keerthiratne[2]
- Sembukuttiarachchige Bertram Silva[2]
- Manicam Sivanathan[2]
- John William Subasinghe[2]
- Noel Wimalasena[2]
- Swarna Ferdinand[2]
- Alec Robertson[2]
- Mirisse Hewage Gunadasa Siriwardena[2]
- Julian Bolling[2]
- Kosgamage Thilaka Dhammika Jinadasa[2]
- 1989
- Palita Edward Dias Wijesiri Jayavardhana Karunaratna Weeraman[2]
- Bogoda Appuhamilage Premaratne[2]
- Callistus Reginald Seimon[2]
- Sita Seneviratne[2]
- Don Piyadasa Jayasinghe[2]
- Gardi Punchi Hewage Karunaratne[2]
- Jezima Ismail[2]
- Joyce Selina Abeywardana Goonasekera[2]
- Edith Marguerite Grace Fernando[2]
- 1990
- Bomullage Dilipkumar Dharmasena[2]
- John Arthur Ameratunge[2]
- Carl Sepala Illangakoon[2]
- Bertram Russell Heyn[2]
- Victor Hettigoda[2]
- Sangarapully Sellamuttu[2]
- Surath Wickramasinghe[2]
- Ayisha Rauf[2]
- Eric Suriyasena[2]
- Mohamed Sadique Gaffoor[2]
- Surendra Ramachandran[2]
- Albert Athisayaratnam Page[2]
- Kaluthanthirige Nandasena Perera[2]
- 1991
- Nihal Wilfred Karunaratne[2]
- Abdul Raheman Mohamed Hathy[2]
- Ajith Mahendra de Silva Jayaratne[2]
- Jivaka Lalith Bhupendra Kotalawala[2]
- Lankalalama Arunasiri Adithiya[2]
- 1992
- Theva Anugriham Buell[2]
- Deepika Chanmugam[2]
- Kanitha Kumar Lal Devapura[2]
- Kombala Vithanage Damayanthi Darsha[2]
- Sriyantha Subashan Abeysekara Dissanayake[2]
- Balapuwaduge Rohan Duleep Mendis[2]
- Amugoda Arachchige Dayananda Gunawardena[2]
- Karunaratne Jayasuriya[2]
- Chevalier Andrew Kariyawasam[2]
- Kuruppu Arachchilage Karunaratne[2]
- Sinhalage Buddhi Keerthisena[2]
- Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa[2]
- Muthumuni Roy Quintus de Silva[2]
- Ethel Violet Rajapakse[2]
- George Wilfred Rajapakse[2]
- Ranasinghe Arachchige Saranapala Perera Ranasinghe[2]
- Joseph Francis Antony Soza[2]
- Peremartne Weerakoon[2]
- Lihini Imala Weerasooriya[2]
- 1993
- Bernard Alfred Botejue[2]
- Reginald Sebastian Rodrigo Candappa[2]
- Arjun Rishya Fernando[2]
- Sirisumana Godage[2]
- Nahammal Kasipillai[2]
- Mas Dharma Kitchilan[2]
- Pathirannahelage Nimal Pathirana[2]
- Veeyanna Theyna Vaana Deivanayagam Pillai[2]
- Arjuna Ranatunga[2]
- 1994
- Abdul Wahab Mohamed Ameer[2]
- Mohamed Rushdi Uvais[2]
- George Lawrence Andrew Ondaatjie[2]
- Sohli Edelji Captain[2]
- Wilbert Kaggodaarachchi[2]
- Tikiri Banda Madugalla[2]
- Aelian Alwis Cohomban Wickrama Jayasekera[2]
- Hevatantrige Patrick George Ernest Peries[2]
- Percival Upajiva Ratnatunga[2]
- Weliwitigoda Ariyadasa Wimaladharma[2]
- Don Piyadasa Wijenarayana[2]
- Alfred Samaraweera[2]
- 1996
- Aravinda de Silva[2]
- Roshan Mahanama[2]
- Hashan Tillakaratne[2]
- Asanka Gurusinha[2]
- Sanath Jayasuriya[2]
- Pramodya Wickramasinghe[2]
- Muttiah Muralitharan[2]
- Romesh Kaluwitharana[2]
- Chaminda Vaas[2]
- Kumar Dharmasena[2]
- Marvan Atapattu[2]
- Ravindra Pushpakumara[2]
- Upul Chandana[2]
- 1998
- Primus Tillekeratne de Silva[2]
- Ananda Daivin Soysa[2]
- Rajadurai Sellaiah Thanabalasundaram[2]
- Adhikari Mudiyanselage Dharmasena[2]
- Nowfel S Jabir[2]
- Rajapakse Pathirannehelage Jayaratne Pathirana[2]
- Sunna Deniyage Gunadasa[2]
- Seekkubaduge Wilbert Silva[2]
- Mapatunage James Perera[2]
- Minuwanpitiyage Darmasiri Dayananda Pieris[2]
- Thambimuttu Duraisingam[2]
- Muhammed Abdul Hameed Muhammed Hussain[2]
- Merangne Gaulis Mendis[2]
- Chasnyn Musafer[2]
- BalaupasakageYasodis Thudawe[2]
- Lady Puvaneshwari Vaithianathan[2]
- Kolamba Patabendige Tissaweera Siriwardana Jinasena[2]
- 2005
- A. E. T. Ellawala[2]
- A. L. M. Abusali[2]
- Arumadura Nandasena Silva Kulasinghe[2]
- Christopher Gunapala Uragoda[2]
- D. P. Wickremasinghe[2]
- Diyanath Samarasinghe[2]
- Harold Herath[2]
- Indradasa Hettiarachchi[2]
- Jinadasa Guruge[2]
- Joe Abeywickrama[2]
- K. P. Silva[2]
- Kapila Gunawardena[2]
- Keerthi Tennakoon[2]
- Lakshman de Mel[2]
- Lionel Fernando[2]
- Lyn de Alwis[2]
- Macky Hashim[2]
- N Navaratnarajah[2]
- Olcott Gunasekera[2]
- Osmund Jayaratne[2]
- Don Chandraprema Patrick Amarasinghe[2]
- Ranjith Athapattu[2]
- Reginald George Bernard Forbes[2]
- S. D. R. Jayaratne[2]
- Siran U. Deraniyagala[2]
- Saddhamangala Karunaratne[2]
- Senaka Dias Bandaranayake[2]
- Stanley Kirinde[2]
- Sivaramalingam Anandacoomaraswamy[2]
- Suriya Wickremasinghe[2]
- Swarana Jayaweera[2]
- Tilak de Soysa[2]
- Tissa Abeysekara[2]
- Tony Ranasinghe[2]
- Tuley de Silva[2]
- Vajira Chithrasena[2]
- Vivendra Lintotawela[2]
- M. A. Careem[2]
- 2015
See also
References
- ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do dp dq dr ds dt du dv dw dx dy dz ea eb ec ed ee ef eg eh ei ej ek el em en eo ep eq er es et eu ev ew ex ey ez fa fb fc fd fe ff fg fh fi fj fk fl fm fn fo fp "National Awards". Presidential Secretariat. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
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