Deshabandu

Third highest national honour in Sri Lanka
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, 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
  • Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne
  • Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa
  • Norendradas Jayaratnam Wallooppillai
  • Daphne Attygalle
  • Wimala de Silva
  • Arulanandam Yesuadian Samuel Gnanam
  • David Edwin Hettiarachchi
  • Dhamital Senakumar Jayasundera
  • Clara Motwani
1987
  • Bulathsinhelage Sirisena Cooray
  • James Ernest Ivan Corea
  • Albert Edirisinghe
  • Don Jinadasa Attygalle
  • Siva Chinnatamby
  • Lena Charlotte Fernando
  • Mohamed Thassim Ahamed Furkhan
  • Sathischandra Jayasinghe
  • Abeysiri Mendis Munasinghe
  • Abdul Haleem Sheriffdeen
  • Franciskuhettige Gerald Hudson Silva
  • Samuel Jeyarajah Stephen
  • Victor Garwin Weerawardhana Ratnayake
  • Michael Tissera
  • Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa
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.
  1. ^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
  2. ^ "LAUGFS Group Chairman receives 'Deshabandu' National Honour". Daily FT. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. ^ "President honours outstanding citizens at National Awards ceremony". 19 August 2019.

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