# Deshamanya

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{{Short description|Second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka}}
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| name            = Deshamanya<br>{{lang|si|දේශමාන්&zwj;ය}}<br>{{lang|ta|தேசமான்ய}}
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| awarded_by      = <br/>30px<br> The [Government of Sri Lanka](/source/Government_of_Sri_Lanka)
| type            = [Title of honor](/source/Title_of_honor)/[Order of merit](/source/Order_of_merit)
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| eligibility     = Sri Lankan citizens
| criteria        = Highly notable service to the nation
| status          = Currently constituted
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| first_induction = 1986
| last_induction  = 2019
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| higher          = [Sri Lankabhimanya](/source/Sri_Lankabhimanya)
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| lower           = [Deshabandhu](/source/Deshabandhu)
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'''Deshamanya''' ({{langx|si|දේශමාන්&zwj;ය|translit=Dēshamāṉya}}; {{langx|ta|தேசமான்ய|translit=Tēcamāṉya}}; "Pride of the Nation") is the second-highest [national honour](/source/National_Honours_of_Sri_Lanka) of [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka) awarded by the [Government of Sri Lanka](/source/Government_of_Sri_Lanka) as a [civil honour](/source/Civil_decoration). It is awarded for "highly meritorious service", and is conventionally used as a [title](/source/title) or [prefix](/source/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](/source/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](/source/President_of_Sri_Lanka) Secretariat|access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> 
* [Gamani Corea](/source/Gamani_Corea) – economist, civil servant and diplomat<ref name="National Awards" />
* [M. C. M. Kaleel](/source/M._C._M._Kaleel) – physician, social worker and politician<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Malage George Victor Perera Wijewickrama Samarasinghe](/source/Malage_George_Victor_Perera_Wijewickrama_Samarasinghe)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Miliani Sansoni](/source/Miliani_Sansoni) – [Chief Justice of Ceylon](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Sri_Lanka)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Victor Tennekoon](/source/Victor_Tennekoon) – [Chief Justice of Ceylon](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Sri_Lanka)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1987
* [Edwin Felix Dias Abeysinghe](/source/Edwin_Felix_Dias_Abeysinghe)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Neville Kanakeratne](/source/Neville_Kanakeratne) – diplomat<ref name="National Awards" />
* [V. Manicavasagar](/source/V._Manicavasagar) – Supreme Court Justice, [Chancellor](/source/Chancellor_(education)) [University of Jaffna](/source/University_of_Jaffna)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Wijetunga Mudiyansela Tillekeratne](/source/Wijetunga_Mudiyansela_Tillekeratne)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1988
* [Hector Wilfred Jayewardene](/source/Hector_Wilfred_Jayewardene) – lawyer, member [United Nations Commission on Human Rights](/source/United_Nations_Commission_on_Human_Rights)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Thambiah Sivagnanam](/source/Thambiah_Sivagnanam)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1989
* [Shiva Pasupati](/source/Shiva_Pasupati) – [Solicitor General of Sri Lanka](/source/Solicitor_General_of_Sri_Lanka), [Attorney General of Sri Lanka](/source/Attorney_General_of_Sri_Lanka)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1990
* [Sepala Attygalle](/source/Sepala_Attygalle) – [Commander of the Army](/source/Commander_of_the_Army_(Sri_Lanka))<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Nandadeva Wijesekera](/source/Nandadeva_Wijesekera)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Badi-ud-din Mahmud](/source/Badi-ud-din_Mahmud) – politician, [Minister of Education](/source/Minister_of_Education_(Sri_Lanka))<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Baku Mahadeva](/source/Baku_Mahadeva) – civil servant<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Nanayakkara Wasam James Mudalige](/source/Nanayakkara_Wasam_James_Mudalige)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1991
* [E. L. Senanayake](/source/E._L._Senanayake) – politician, [Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka](/source/Speaker_of_the_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Montague Jayawickrama](/source/Montague_Jayawickrama) – politician, cabinet minister, governor<ref name="National Awards" />
* [K. W. Devanayagam](/source/K._W._Devanayagam) – lawyer, politician, minister<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Nissanka Wijeyeratne](/source/Nissanka_Wijeyeratne) – civil servant, politician<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Sivagamie Verina Obeyasekera](/source/Sivagamie_Verina_Obeyasekera)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Christopher Weeramantry](/source/Christopher_Weeramantry)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena](/source/Neville_Ubesinghe_Jayawardena)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Ivan Samarawickrema](/source/Ivan_Samarawickrema)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Chandirapal Chanmugam](/source/Chandirapal_Chanmugam)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer](/source/Abdul_Caffoor_Mohamed_Ameer) - [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel), [Attorney General of Sri Lanka](/source/Attorney_General_of_Sri_Lanka)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1992
* [Abdul Bakeer Markar](/source/Abdul_Bakeer_Markar) – politician<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa](/source/Hewa_Komanage_Dharmadasa)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Ananda Weihena Palliya Guruge](/source/Ananda_W._P._Guruge) – diplomat, Buddhist scholar<ref name="National Awards" />
* [E. L. B. Hurulle](/source/E._L._B._Hurulle) – politician<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Abdul Majeed Mohamed Sahabdeen](/source/Abdul_Majeed_Mohamed_Sahabdeen)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Suppiah Sharvananda](/source/Suppiah_Sharvananda) – Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, provincial governor<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Linus Silva](/source/Linus_Silva)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Nissanka Wijewardane](/source/Nissanka_Wijewardane)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1993
* [Geoffrey Bawa](/source/Geoffrey_Bawa) – Architect<ref name="National Awards" />
* [C. A. Coorey](/source/C._A._Coorey)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage](/source/Felix_Stanley_Christopher_Perera_Kalpage)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [H. W. Thambiah](/source/H._W._Thambiah)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Richard Udugama](/source/Richard_Udugama) – Major General<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Ponna Wignaraja](/source/Ponna_Wignaraja)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Noel Wimalasena](/source/Noel_Wimalasena)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1994
* [Jayantha Kelegama](/source/Jayantha_Kelegama)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Lalith Kotelawala](/source/Lalith_Kotelawala) – Businessman<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Nandadasa Kodagoda](/source/Nandadasa_Kodagoda) – Academic<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Godfrey Gunatilleke](/source/Godfrey_Gunatilleke)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Arulanandam Yesuadiam Samuel Gnanam](/source/A._Y._S._Gnanam)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Nugegoda Gabadage Pablis Panditharatna](/source/Nugegoda_Gabadage_Pablis_Panditharatna)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Surendra Ramachandran](/source/Surendra_Ramachandran)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Deraniyagalage Basil Ivor Pieris Samaranayake Siriwardhana](/source/Deraniyagalage_Basil_Ivor_Pieris_Samaranayake_Siriwardhana)<ref name="National Awards" />

;1996
* [Duleep Mendis](/source/Duleep_Mendis) – Sri Lanka national cricket captain<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Arjuna Ranatunga](/source/Arjuna_Ranatunga) – Sri Lanka national cricket captain<ref name="National Awards" />

;1998
* [Charitha Prasanna de Silva](/source/Charitha_Prasanna_de_Silva)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Ken Balendra](/source/Ken_Balendra) – Businessman<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Doreen Winifred Wickramasinghe](/source/Doreen_Winifred_Wickramasinghe)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Tamara Kumari Illangaratne](/source/Tamara_Kumari_Illangaratne)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Elanga Devapriya Wickremanayake](/source/Elanga_Devapriya_Wickremanayake)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [R. K. W. Goonesekera](/source/R._K._W._Goonesekera) – Academic, Lawyer<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Vernon Mendis](/source/Vernon_Mendis) – Diplomat<ref name="National Awards" />
* [H. L. de Silva](/source/H._L._de_Silva) – Diplomat<ref name="National Awards" />
* [A. T. Kovoor](/source/A._T._Kovoor) – Academic<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Ranjit Abeysuriya](/source/Ranjit_Abeysuriya) – lawyer<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Duncan White](/source/Duncan_White) – Olympic medalist<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Christopher Rajindra Panabokke](/source/Christopher_Rajindra_Panabokke)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [W. D. Amaradeva](/source/W._D._Amaradeva) – Music Director<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Chitrasena](/source/Chitrasena) – Dancer<ref name="National Awards" />

;2005
* [Kamalika Priyaderi Abeyaratne](/source/Kamalika_Priyaderi_Abeyaratne)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [William Alwis](/source/William_Alwis)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Mahesh Amalean](/source/Mahesh_Amalean) – Engineer and industrialist<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Sohli E. Captain](/source/Sohli_E._Captain)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Radhika Coomaraswamy](/source/Radhika_Coomaraswamy) – Academic, Human Rights Activist, [Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations](/source/Under-Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Lalith de Mel](/source/Lalith_de_Mel)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Rohan de Saram](/source/Rohan_de_Saram) – Cellist<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Chandrananda de Silva](/source/Chandrananda_de_Silva)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Ashley de Vos](/source/Ashley_de_Vos) – Architect<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake](/source/Jayaratne_Banda_Dissanayake)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [M. T. A. Furkhan](/source/M._T._A._Furkhan)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [D. Basil Goonesekera](/source/D._Basil_Goonesekera)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Cyril Herath](/source/Cyril_Herath) – Inspector General of Police<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana](/source/Asoka_Kanthilal_Jayawardhana)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [A. S. Jayawarden](/source/A._S._Jayawarden) – Sri Lankan economist and civil servant<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Harry Jayawardena](/source/Harry_Jayawardena) – Businessman<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Nihal Jinasena](/source/Nihal_Jinasena) – industrialist and sportsman<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Premasiri Khemadasa](/source/Premasiri_Khemadasa) – Composer<ref name="National Awards" />
* [W. D. Lakshman](/source/W._D._Lakshman)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Paddy Mendis](/source/Paddy_Mendis) – Air Chief Marshal<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Sunil Mendis](/source/Sunil_Mendis) – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka<ref name="National Awards" />
* [J. B. Peiris](/source/J._B._Peiris) – Senior Neurologist, Researcher and Pioneer of Neurology<ref name="National Awards" />
* [M. D. D. Peiris](/source/M._D._D._Peiris)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Denis Perera](/source/Denis_Perera) – Lieutenant General<ref name="National Awards" />
* [P. Ramanathan](/source/P._Ramanathan_(judge)) – Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Provincial Governor<ref name="National Awards" />
* [P. Deva Rodrigo](/source/P._Deva_Rodrigo)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Mano Selvanathan](/source/Mano_Selvanathan)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [A. H. Sheriffdeen](/source/A._H._Sheriffdeen) – Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Roland Silva](/source/Roland_Silva)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Bradman Weerakoon](/source/Bradman_Weerakoon) – Civil servant<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa](/source/Kandekumara_Hapudoragamage_Jothiyarathna_Wijayadasa)<ref name="National Awards" />
* [Ray Wijewardene](/source/Ray_Wijewardene) – Academic, Engineer<ref name="National Awards" />

;2007
* [James Peter Obeyesekere III](/source/James_Peter_Obeyesekere_III) – Politician and aviator<ref name="National Awards" />

;2008
* [Ramesh Mahendran](/source/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)](/source/The_Daily_Mirror_(Sri_Lanka))|language=en|publisher=[The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)](/source/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](/source/K._M._de_Silva)<ref name="Awards 2017" />
* [Tissa Devendra](/source/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](/source/Priyani_Soysa)<ref name="Awards 2017" />
* [Latha Walpola](/source/Latha_Walpola)<ref name="Awards 2017" />
* Mineka Presantha Wickramasingha<ref name="Awards 2017" />
* Bhanuka Wimalasooriya<ref name="Awards 2017" />

;2019
* [Indrajit Coomaraswamy](/source/Indrajit_Coomaraswamy)
* Ajith De Soyza
* [Merrill J. Fernando](/source/Merrill_J._Fernando)
* [Mohan Munasinghe](/source/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}}

Category:Deshamanya
Category:Civil awards and decorations of Sri Lanka

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