Deshamanya
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Deshamanya (Pride of the Nation) is the second highest national honor of Sri Lanka (after the Sri Lankabhimanya) awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour. It is awarded for "highly meritorious service".[1] It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name.
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Awardees
Awardees of the Deshamanya include the following individuals:
- 1986
- Polwattearachchige Romiel Anthonis – Surgeon and academic[2]
- Gamani Corea[2]
- Mohamed Cassim Mohamad Kaleel[2]
- Malage George Victor Perera Wijewickrama Samarasinghe[2]
- Miliani Claude Sansoni[2]
- Victor Tennekoon - Chief Justice of Sri Lanka[2]
- 1987
- Edwin Felix Dias Abeysinghe[2]
- Neville Theseus Dharmapala Kanakaratne – Diplomat[2]
- Vaitilingam Manicavasagar – Supreme Court Justice[2]
- Wijetunga Mudiyansela Tillekeratne[2]
- 1988
- 1989
- 1990
- Don Sepala Attygalle – General[2]
- Nandadeva Wijesekera[2]
- Badi-ud-din Mahmud[2]
- Balakumara Mahadeva[2]
- Nanayakkara Wasam James Mudalige[2]
- 1991
- Edward Lionel Senanayake[2]
- Walter Geoffrey Montague Jayawickrema[2]
- K. W. Devanayagam[2]
- Nissanaka Parakrama Wijeyeratne – Civil servant and Politician[2]
- Sivagamie Verina Obeyasekera[2]
- Christopher Gregory Weeramantry[2]
- Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena[2]
- Ivan Samarawickrema[2]
- Chandrapal Chanmugam[2]
- Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer[2]
- 1992
- Mohamed Abdul Bakeer Markar – Politician[2]
- Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa[2]
- Ananda Weihena Palliya Guruge[2]
- Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle[2]
- Abdul Majeed Mohamed Sahabdeen[2]
- Suppiah Sharvananda[2]
- Linus Silva[2]
- Nissanka Wijewardena[2]
- 1993
- Geoffery Manning Bawa – Architect[2]
- C. A. Coorey[2]
- Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage[2]
- Henry Wijayakone Tambiah[2]
- Alexender Richard Udugama – Major General[2]
- Ponna Wignaraja[2]
- Neol Wimalasena[2]
- 1994
- Jayantha Kelegama[2]
- Jivaka Lalith Bhupendra Kotalawala – Businessman[2]
- Nandadasa Kodagoda – Academic[2]
- Godfrey Gunatilleke[2]
- Arulanandam Yesuadiam Samuel Gnanam[2]
- Nugegoda Gabadage Pablis Panditharatna[2]
- Surendra Ramachandran[2]
- Deraniyagalage Basil Ivor Pieris Samaranayake Siriwardhana[2]
- 1996
- Duleep Mendis - Sri Lanka national cricket captain[2]
- Arjuna Ranatunga - Sri Lanka national cricket captain[2]
- 1998
- Charitha Prasanna de Silva[2]
- Ken Balendra – Businessman[2]
- Doreen Winifred Wickramasinghe[2]
- Thamara Kumari Illangaratne[2]
- Elanga Devapriya Wickremanayake[2]
- Rajendra Kalidas Wimala Goonesekera – Academic, Lawyer[2]
- Vernon Lorraine Benjamin Mendis – Diplomat[2]
- Herman Leonard de Silva – Diplomat[2]
- Aries Thomas Abraham Kovoor - Academic[2]
- Ranjit Abeysuriya - lawyer[2]
- Duncan White - Olympic medalist[2]
- Christopher Rajindra Panabokke[2]
- Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva – Music Director[2]
- Chitrasena - Dancer[2]
- 2005
- Amarananda Somasiri Jayawardena - Sri Lankan economist and civil servant[2]
- A. H. Sherifdeen – Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker[2]
- Ashley de Vos – Architect[2]
- Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana[2]
- Bradman Weerakoon – Civil servant[2]
- Chandrananda de Silva[2]
- D. Basil Goonesekera[2]
- Harry Jayawardena – Businessman[2]
- J. B. Peiris - Senior Neurologist, Researcher and Pioneer of Neurology[2]
- Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake[2]
- Joseph Everard Dennis Perera – Lieutenant General[2]
- Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa[2]
- L. D. Cyril Herath – Inspector General of Police[2]
- Lalith de Mel[2]
- M. D. D. Peiris[2]
- M. T. A. Furkhan[2]
- Mahesh Amalean - Engineer and industrialist[2]
- Mano Selvanathan[2]
- Nihal Jinasena - industrialist and sportsman[2]
- P. Deva Rodrigo[2]
- Paddy Mendis – Air Chief Marshal[2]
- Pathmanathan Ramanathan - Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Provincial Governor[2]
- Phillip Reyvatha Wijewardena - Academic, Engineer[2]
- Premasiri Khemadasa - Composer[2]
- Radhika Coomaraswamy – Academic, Human Rights Activist, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations[2]
- Rohan de Saram - Cellist[2]
- Roland Silva[2]
- Sohli E. Captain[2]
- Sunil Mendis - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka[2]
- W. D. Lakshman[2]
- William Alwis[2]
- Kamalika Priyaderi Abeyaratne[2]
- 2007
- James Peter Obeyesekere III - Politician and aviator[2]
- 2010
- 2015
- Godfrey Puvindra Yogarajah - Human rights activist
See also
References
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