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Deshabandhu is the third highest national honour awarded in Sri Lanka. It is awarded "for meritorious service". 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
  • 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
  • Wickramasinghage Wimaladasa
    • 1988
  • Velu Annamalai
  • Mohamed Mohideen Mohamed Abdul Cader
  • Nuwarapaksa Hewayalage Keerthiratne
  • Sembukuttiarachchige Bertram Silva
  • Manicam Sivanathan
  • John William Subasinghe
  • Noel Wimalasena
  • Swarna Ferdinand
  • Alec Robertson
  • Mirisse Hewage Gunadasa Siriwardena
  • Julian Bolling
  • Kosgamage Thilaka Dhammika Jinadasa
    • 1989
  • Palita Edward Dias Wijesiri Jayavardhana Karunaratna Weeraman
  • Bogoda Appuhamilage Premaratne
  • Callistus Reginald Seimon
  • Sita Seneviratne
  • Don Piyadasa Jayasinghe
  • Gardi Punchi Hewage Karunaratne
  • Jezima Ismail
  • Joyce Selina Abeywardana Goonasekera
  • Edith Marguerite Grace Fernando
    • 1990
  • Bomullage Dilipkumar Dharmasena
  • John Arthur Ameratunge
  • Carl Sepala Illangakoon
  • Bertram Russell Heyn
  • Victor Hettigoda
  • Sangarapully Sellamuttu
  • Surath Wickramasinghe
  • Ayisha Rauf
  • Eric Suriyasena
  • Mohamed Sadique Gaffoor
  • Surendra Ramachandran
  • Albert Athisayaratnam Page
  • Kaluthanthirige Nandasena Perera
    • 1991
  • Nihal Wilfred Karunaratne
  • Abdul Raheman Mohamed Hathy
  • Ajith Mahendra de Silva Jayaratne
  • Jivaka Lalith Bhupendra Kotalawala
  • Lankalalama Arunasiri Adithiya
    • 1992
  • Theva Anugriham Buell
  • Deepika Chanmugam
  • Kanitha Kumar Lal Devapura
  • Kombala Vithanage Damayanthi Darsha
  • Sriyantha Subashan Abeysekara Dissanayake
  • Balapuwaduge Rohan Duleep Mendis
  • Amugoda Arachchige Dayananda Gunawardena
  • Karunaratne Jayasuriya
  • Chevalier Andrew Kariyawasam
  • Kuruppu Arachchilage Karunaratne
  • Sinhalage Buddhi Keerthisena
  • Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa
  • Muthumuni Roy Quintus de Silva
  • Ethel Violet Rajapakse
  • George Wilfred Rajapakse
  • Ranasinghe Arachchige Saranapala Perera Ranasinghe
  • Joseph Francis Antony Soza
  • Peremartne Weerakoon
  • Lihini Imala Weerasooriya
    • 1993
  • Bernard Alfred Botejue
  • Reginald Sebastian Rodrigo Candappa
  • Arjun Rishya Fernando
  • Sirisumana Godage
  • Nahammal Kasipillai
  • Mas Dharma Kitchilan
  • Pathirannahelage Nimal Pathirana
  • Veeyanna Theyna Vaana Deivanayagam Pillai
  • Arjuna Ranatunga
    • 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 Peries
  • Percival Upajiva Ratnatunga
  • Weliwitigoda Ariyadasa Wimaladharma
  • Don Piyadasa Wijenarayana
  • Alfred Samaraweera
    • 1996
  • Aravinda de Silva
  • Roshan Mahanama
  • Hashan Tillakaratne
  • Asanka Gurusinha
  • Sanath Jayasuriya
  • Pramodya Wickramasinghe
  • Muttiah Muralitharan
  • Romesh Kaluwitharana
  • Chaminda Vaas
  • Kumar Dharmasena
  • Marvan Atapattu
  • Ravindra Pushpakumara
  • Upul Chandana
    • 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
  • A. E. T. Ellawala
  • A. L. M. Abusali
  • Arumadura Nandasena Silva Kulasinghe
  • Christopher Gunapala Uragoda
  • D. P. Wickremasinghe
  • Diyanath Samarasinghe
  • Harold Herath
  • Indradasa Hettiarachchi
  • Jinadasa Guruge
  • Joe Abeywickrama
  • K. P. Silva
  • Kapila Gunawardena
  • Kirthi Tennakoon
  • Lakshman de Mel
  • Lionel Fernando
  • Lyn de Alwis
  • Macky Hashim
  • N Navaratnarajah
  • Olcott Gunasekera
  • Osmund Jayaratne
  • Don Chandraprema Patrick Amarasinghe
  • Ranjith Athapattu
  • Reginald George Bernard Forbes
  • S. D. R. Jayaratne
  • Siran U. Deraniyagala
  • Saddhamangala Karunaratne
  • Senaka Dias Bandaranayake
  • Stanley Kirinde
  • Sivaramalingam Anandacoomaraswamy
  • Suriya Wickremasinghe
  • Swarana Jayaweera
  • Tilak de Soysa
  • Tissa Abeysekara
  • Tony Ranasinghe
  • Tuley de Silva
  • Vajira Chithrasena
  • Vivendra Lintotawela
  • M. A. Careem
    • 2015
  • Anthony Dexter Fernando

    • References

    Deshabandu Wikipedia
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