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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". It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name.

Awardees

Awardees of the Deshamanya include the following individuals:

1986
  • Polwattearachchige Romiel Anthonis – surgeon and academic
  • Gamani Corea - economist, civil servant and diplomat
  • Mohamed Cassim Mohamad Kaleel
  • Malage George Victor Perera Wijewickrama Samarasinghe
  • Miliani Claude Sansoni - Chief Justice of Ceylon
  • Victor Tennekoon - Chief Justice of Ceylon
    • 1987
  • Edwin Felix Dias Abeysinghe
  • Neville Theseus Dharmapala Kanakaratne – diplomat
  • Vaitilingam Manicavasagar – Supreme Court Justice, Chancellor University of Jaffna
  • Wijetunga Mudiyansela Tillekeratne
    • 1988
  • Hector Wilfred Jayewardene - lawyer, member United Nations Commission on Human Rights
  • Tampiah Sivagnanam
    • 1989
  • Shiva Pasupati - Solicitor General of Sri Lanka, Attorney General of Sri Lanka
    • 1990
  • Don Sepala Attygalle – Commander of the Army
  • Nandadeva Wijesekera
  • Badi-ud-din Mahmud - politician, Minister of Education
  • Balakumara Mahadeva - civil servant
  • Nanayakkara Wasam James Mudalige
    • 1991
  • Edward Lionel Senanayake - politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
  • Walter Geoffrey Montague Jayawickrema
  • K. W. Devanayagam
  • Nissanaka Parakrama Wijeyeratne – civil servant, politician
  • Sivagamie Verina Obeyasekera
  • Christopher Gregory Weeramantry
  • Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena
  • Ivan Samarawickrema
  • Chandrapal Chanmugam
  • Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer
    • 1992
  • Mohamed Abdul Bakeer Markar – Politician
  • Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa
  • Ananda Weihena Palliya Guruge
  • Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle
  • Abdul Majeed Mohamed Sahabdeen
  • Suppiah Sharvananda
  • Linus Silva
  • Nissanka Wijewardena
    • 1993
  • Geoffery Manning Bawa – Architect
  • C. A. Coorey
  • Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage
  • Henry Wijayakone Tambiah
  • Alexender Richard Udugama – Major General
  • Ponna Wignaraja
  • Noel Wimalasena
    • 1994
  • Jayantha Kelegama
  • Jivaka Lalith Bhupendra Kotalawala – Businessman
  • Nandadasa Kodagoda – Academic
  • Godfrey Gunatilleke
  • Arulanandam Yesuadiam Samuel Gnanam
  • Nugegoda Gabadage Pablis Panditharatna
  • Surendra Ramachandran
  • Deraniyagalage Basil Ivor Pieris Samaranayake Siriwardhana
    • 1996
  • Duleep Mendis - Sri Lanka national cricket captain
  • Arjuna Ranatunga - Sri Lanka national cricket captain
    • 1998
  • Charitha Prasanna de Silva
  • Ken Balendra – Businessman
  • Doreen Winifred Wickramasinghe
  • Thamara Kumari Illangaratne
  • Elanga Devapriya Wickremanayake
  • Rajendra Kalidas Wimala Goonesekera – Academic, Lawyer
  • Vernon Lorraine Benjamin Mendis – Diplomat
  • Herman Leonard de Silva – Diplomat
  • Aries Thomas Abraham Kovoor - Academic
  • Ranjit Abeysuriya - lawyer
  • Duncan White - Olympic medalist
  • Christopher Rajindra Panabokke
  • Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amaradeva – Music Director
  • Chitrasena - Dancer
    • 2005
  • Amarananda Somasiri Jayawardena - Sri Lankan economist and civil servant
  • A. H. Sherifdeen – Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker
  • Ashley de Vos – Architect
  • Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana
  • Bradman Weerakoon – Civil servant
  • Chandrananda de Silva
  • D. Basil Goonesekera
  • Harry Jayawardena – Businessman
  • J. B. Peiris - Senior Neurologist, Researcher and Pioneer of Neurology
  • Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake
  • Joseph Everard Dennis Perera – Lieutenant General
  • Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa
  • L. D. Cyril Herath – Inspector General of Police
  • Lalith de Mel
  • M. D. D. Peiris
  • M. T. A. Furkhan
  • Mahesh Amalean - Engineer and industrialist
  • Mano Selvanathan
  • Nihal Jinasena - industrialist and sportsman
  • P. Deva Rodrigo
  • Paddy Mendis – Air Chief Marshal
  • Pathmanathan Ramanathan - Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Provincial Governor
  • Phillip Reyvatha Wijewardena - Academic, Engineer
  • Premasiri Khemadasa - Composer
  • Radhika Coomaraswamy – Academic, Human Rights Activist, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Rohan de Saram - Cellist
  • Roland Silva
  • Sohli E. Captain
  • Sunil Mendis - former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
  • W. D. Lakshman
  • William Alwis
  • Kamalika Priyaderi Abeyaratne
    • 2007
  • James Peter Obeyesekere III - Politician and aviator
    • 2010
  • Ramesh Mahendran
    • 2015
  • Godfrey Puvindra Yogarajah - Human rights activist

    • References

    Deshamanya Wikipedia
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