Deshabandu

Deshabandu
දේශබන්දු
தேசபந்து
Deshabandu ; දේශබන්දු; தேசபந்து;
Awarded by ; ; The Government of Sri Lanka
Type	Title of honor/Order of merit
Eligibility	Sri Lankan citizens
Criteria	Highly notable service to the nation
Status	Currently constituted
Statistics
First induction	1986
Last induction	2019
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

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1996

1998

2005

2017

Deivanayagam Eassuwaren
Lakshman Lucian de Silva Weerasena
Leslie Shelton Devendra
Mahinkande Gamladdalage Kularatne
Susanthika Jayasinghe
Ranjan Madugalle
Shanthilal Nilkanth Wickremesinghe
Thommadura Pabilis Silva
Wegapitiya Kattadiyalage Hemachandra Wegapitiya
Ahamed Rizvi Mohamed Rifkhan
Sivanalagu Balakrishnan

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.

^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.
^ "LAUGFS Group Chairman receives 'Deshabandu' National Honour". Daily FT. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
^ "President honours outstanding citizens at National Awards ceremony". 19 August 2019.

External links

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[Gunawardena-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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Deshabandu දේශබන්දු தேசபந்து
Awarded by The Government of Sri Lanka
Type	Title of honor/Order of merit
Eligibility	Sri Lankan citizens
Criteria	Highly notable service to the nation
Status	Currently constituted
Statistics
First induction	1986
Last induction	2019
Precedence
Next (higher)	Deshamanya
Next (lower)	Veera Chudamani