Deshabandu

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.

This article is about Sri Lankan national civilian decoration. For the Indian politician and independence activist who is entitled as "Deshbandhu", see Chittaranjan Das.
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 ranks lower than Deshamanya.

Awardees

Awardees include:

1986
1987
1988
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
1991
  • Nihal Wilfred Karunaratne
  • Abdul Raheman Mohamed Hathy
  • Ajith Mahendra de Silva Jayaratne
  • Jivaka Lalith Bhupendra Kotalawala
  • Lankalalama Arunasiri Adithiya
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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