{{Short description|Second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka}} {{Infobox order | name = Deshamanya<br>{{lang|si|දේශමාන්‍ය}}<br>{{lang|ta|தேசமான்ய}} | image = | caption = | image2 = | caption2 = | awarded_by = <br/>30px<br> The Government of Sri Lanka | type = Title of honor/Order of merit | established = | ribbon = | motto = | eligibility = Sri Lankan citizens | criteria = Highly notable service to the nation | status = Currently constituted | classes = <!-- (Default:classes, or use: grades); Use {{plainlist}} or {{unbulleted list}} --> | post-nominals = | former_grades = | first_induction = 1986 | last_induction = 2019 | total = | higher = Sri Lankabhimanya | same = | lower = Deshabandhu | related = }}
'''Deshamanya''' ({{langx|si|දේශමාන්‍ය|translit=Dēshamāṉya}}; {{langx|ta|தேசமான்ய|translit=Tēcamāṉya}}; "Pride of the Nation") is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a civil honour. It is awarded for "highly meritorious service", and is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the recipient's name.<ref name=Gunawardena>{{cite book|last=Gunawardena|first=Charles A.|title=Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka|year=2005|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|page=254|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWLQSMPddikC&q=Veera+Chudamani&pg=PA254|isbn=9781932705485}}</ref>
==Recipients==
;1986 * P. R. Anthonis – surgeon and academic<ref name="National Awards">{{cite web|title=National Awards|url=http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/?page_id=340|publisher=President of Sri Lanka Secretariat|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> * Gamani Corea – economist, civil servant and diplomat<ref name="National Awards" /> * M. C. M. Kaleel – physician, social worker and politician<ref name="National Awards" /> * Malage George Victor Perera Wijewickrama Samarasinghe<ref name="National Awards" /> * Miliani Sansoni – Chief Justice of Ceylon<ref name="National Awards" /> * Victor Tennekoon – Chief Justice of Ceylon<ref name="National Awards" />
;1987 * Edwin Felix Dias Abeysinghe<ref name="National Awards" /> * Neville Kanakeratne – diplomat<ref name="National Awards" /> * V. Manicavasagar – Supreme Court Justice, Chancellor University of Jaffna<ref name="National Awards" /> * Wijetunga Mudiyansela Tillekeratne<ref name="National Awards" />
;1988 * Hector Wilfred Jayewardene – lawyer, member United Nations Commission on Human Rights<ref name="National Awards" /> * Thambiah Sivagnanam<ref name="National Awards" />
;1989 * Shiva Pasupati – Solicitor General of Sri Lanka, Attorney General of Sri Lanka<ref name="National Awards" />
;1990 * Sepala Attygalle – Commander of the Army<ref name="National Awards" /> * Nandadeva Wijesekera<ref name="National Awards" /> * Badi-ud-din Mahmud – politician, Minister of Education<ref name="National Awards" /> * Baku Mahadeva – civil servant<ref name="National Awards" /> * Nanayakkara Wasam James Mudalige<ref name="National Awards" />
;1991 * E. L. Senanayake – politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka<ref name="National Awards" /> * Montague Jayawickrama – politician, cabinet minister, governor<ref name="National Awards" /> * K. W. Devanayagam – lawyer, politician, minister<ref name="National Awards" /> * Nissanka Wijeyeratne – civil servant, politician<ref name="National Awards" /> * Sivagamie Verina Obeyasekera<ref name="National Awards" /> * Christopher Weeramantry<ref name="National Awards" /> * Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena<ref name="National Awards" /> * Ivan Samarawickrema<ref name="National Awards" /> * Chandirapal Chanmugam<ref name="National Awards" /> * Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer - Queen's Counsel, Attorney General of Sri Lanka<ref name="National Awards" />
;1992 * Abdul Bakeer Markar – politician<ref name="National Awards" /> * Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa<ref name="National Awards" /> * Ananda Weihena Palliya Guruge – diplomat, Buddhist scholar<ref name="National Awards" /> * E. L. B. Hurulle – politician<ref name="National Awards" /> * Abdul Majeed Mohamed Sahabdeen<ref name="National Awards" /> * Suppiah Sharvananda – Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, provincial governor<ref name="National Awards" /> * Linus Silva<ref name="National Awards" /> * Nissanka Wijewardane<ref name="National Awards" />
;1993 * Geoffrey Bawa – Architect<ref name="National Awards" /> * C. A. Coorey<ref name="National Awards" /> * Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage<ref name="National Awards" /> * H. W. Thambiah<ref name="National Awards" /> * Richard Udugama – Major General<ref name="National Awards" /> * Ponna Wignaraja<ref name="National Awards" /> * Noel Wimalasena<ref name="National Awards" />
;1994 * Jayantha Kelegama<ref name="National Awards" /> * Lalith Kotelawala – Businessman<ref name="National Awards" /> * Nandadasa Kodagoda – Academic<ref name="National Awards" /> * Godfrey Gunatilleke<ref name="National Awards" /> * Arulanandam Yesuadiam Samuel Gnanam<ref name="National Awards" /> * Nugegoda Gabadage Pablis Panditharatna<ref name="National Awards" /> * Surendra Ramachandran<ref name="National Awards" /> * Deraniyagalage Basil Ivor Pieris Samaranayake Siriwardhana<ref name="National Awards" />
;1996 * Duleep Mendis – Sri Lanka national cricket captain<ref name="National Awards" /> * Arjuna Ranatunga – Sri Lanka national cricket captain<ref name="National Awards" />
;1998 * Charitha Prasanna de Silva<ref name="National Awards" /> * Ken Balendra – Businessman<ref name="National Awards" /> * Doreen Winifred Wickramasinghe<ref name="National Awards" /> * Tamara Kumari Illangaratne<ref name="National Awards" /> * Elanga Devapriya Wickremanayake<ref name="National Awards" /> * R. K. W. Goonesekera – Academic, Lawyer<ref name="National Awards" /> * Vernon Mendis – Diplomat<ref name="National Awards" /> * H. L. de Silva – Diplomat<ref name="National Awards" /> * A. T. Kovoor – Academic<ref name="National Awards" /> * Ranjit Abeysuriya – lawyer<ref name="National Awards" /> * Duncan White – Olympic medalist<ref name="National Awards" /> * Christopher Rajindra Panabokke<ref name="National Awards" /> * W. D. Amaradeva – Music Director<ref name="National Awards" /> * Chitrasena – Dancer<ref name="National Awards" />
;2005 * Kamalika Priyaderi Abeyaratne<ref name="National Awards" /> * William Alwis<ref name="National Awards" /> * Mahesh Amalean – Engineer and industrialist<ref name="National Awards" /> * Sohli E. Captain<ref name="National Awards" /> * Radhika Coomaraswamy – Academic, Human Rights Activist, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations<ref name="National Awards" /> * Lalith de Mel<ref name="National Awards" /> * Rohan de Saram – Cellist<ref name="National Awards" /> * Chandrananda de Silva<ref name="National Awards" /> * Ashley de Vos – Architect<ref name="National Awards" /> * Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake<ref name="National Awards" /> * M. T. A. Furkhan<ref name="National Awards" /> * D. Basil Goonesekera<ref name="National Awards" /> * Cyril Herath – Inspector General of Police<ref name="National Awards" /> * Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana<ref name="National Awards" /> * A. S. Jayawarden – Sri Lankan economist and civil servant<ref name="National Awards" /> * Harry Jayawardena – Businessman<ref name="National Awards" /> * Nihal Jinasena – industrialist and sportsman<ref name="National Awards" /> * Premasiri Khemadasa – Composer<ref name="National Awards" /> * W. D. Lakshman<ref name="National Awards" /> * Paddy Mendis – Air Chief Marshal<ref name="National Awards" /> * Sunil Mendis – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka<ref name="National Awards" /> * J. B. Peiris – Senior Neurologist, Researcher and Pioneer of Neurology<ref name="National Awards" /> * M. D. D. Peiris<ref name="National Awards" /> * Denis Perera – Lieutenant General<ref name="National Awards" /> * P. Ramanathan – Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Provincial Governor<ref name="National Awards" /> * P. Deva Rodrigo<ref name="National Awards" /> * Mano Selvanathan<ref name="National Awards" /> * A. H. Sheriffdeen – Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker<ref name="National Awards" /> * Roland Silva<ref name="National Awards" /> * Bradman Weerakoon – Civil servant<ref name="National Awards" /> * Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa<ref name="National Awards" /> * Ray Wijewardene – Academic, Engineer<ref name="National Awards" />
;2007 * James Peter Obeyesekere III – Politician and aviator<ref name="National Awards" />
;2008 * Ramesh Mahendran<ref name="National Awards" />
;2017 * Abbasally Akbar<ref name="Awards 2017">{{cite news|title=National Honours – 2017|newspaper=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|language=en|publisher=The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)|date=21 March 2017|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/National-Honours--125878.html|access-date=21 March 2017}}</ref> * K. M. de Silva<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Tissa Devendra<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Colvin Goonaratna<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Amaradasa Gunawardana<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Devanesan Nesiah<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Nandadasa Rajapaksha<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Priyani Soysa<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Latha Walpola<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Mineka Presantha Wickramasingha<ref name="Awards 2017" /> * Bhanuka Wimalasooriya<ref name="Awards 2017" />
;2019 * Indrajit Coomaraswamy * Ajith De Soyza * Merrill J. Fernando * Mohan Munasinghe * Moragoda Christopher Walter Pinto * Surath Wickremesinghe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2019/08/19/president-honours-outstanding-citizens-at-national-awards-ceremony/ |title = President honours outstanding citizens at National Awards ceremony}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.presidentsoffice.gov.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=236 National Awards Conferred by His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka]
{{Honors and decorations of Sri Lanka}}
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