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Deshamanya

Deshamanya (Sinhala: දේශමාන්‍ය, romanized: Dēshamāṉya; Tamil: தேசமான்ய, romanized: 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.

Recipients

1986

P. R. Anthonis – surgeon and academic
Gamani Corea – economist, civil servant and diplomat
M. C. M. Kaleel
Malage George Victor Perera Wijewickrama Samarasinghe
Miliani Sansoni – Chief Justice of Ceylon
Victor Tennekoon – Chief Justice of Ceylon

1987

Edwin Felix Dias Abeysinghe
Neville Kanakeratne – diplomat
V. Manicavasagar – Supreme Court Justice, Chancellor University of Jaffna
Wijetunga Mudiyansela Tillekeratne

1988

Hector Wilfred Jayewardene – lawyer, member United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Thambiah Sivagnanam

1989

Shiva Pasupati – Solicitor General of Sri Lanka, Attorney General of Sri Lanka

1990

Sepala Attygalle – Commander of the Army
Nandadeva Wijesekera
Badi-ud-din Mahmud – politician, Minister of Education
Baku Mahadeva – civil servant
Nanayakkara Wasam James Mudalige

1991

E. L. Senanayake – politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Montague Jayawickrama
K. W. Devanayagam
Nissanka Wijeyeratne – civil servant, politician
Sivagamie Verina Obeyasekera
Christopher Weeramantry
Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena
Ivan Samarawickrema
Chandirapal Chanmugam
Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer - Queen's Counsel, Attorney General of Sri Lanka

1992

Abdul Bakeer Markar – Politician
Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa
Ananda Weihena Palliya Guruge
E. L. B. Hurulle
Abdul Majeed Mohamed Sahabdeen
Suppiah Sharvananda
Linus Silva
Nissanka Wijewardane

1993

Geoffrey Bawa – Architect
C. A. Coorey
Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage
H. W. Thambiah
Richard Udugama – Major General
Ponna Wignaraja
Noel Wimalasena

1994

Jayantha Kelegama
Lalith Kotelawala – 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
Tamara Kumari Illangaratne
Elanga Devapriya Wickremanayake
R. K. W. Goonesekera – Academic, Lawyer
Vernon Mendis – Diplomat
H. L. de Silva – Diplomat
A. T. Kovoor – Academic
Ranjit Abeysuriya – lawyer
Duncan White – Olympic medalist
Christopher Rajindra Panabokke
W. D. Amaradeva – Music Director
Chitrasena – Dancer

2005

Kamalika Priyaderi Abeyaratne
William Alwis
Mahesh Amalean – Engineer and industrialist
Sohli E. Captain
Radhika Coomaraswamy – Academic, Human Rights Activist, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Lalith de Mel
Rohan de Saram – Cellist
Chandrananda de Silva
Ashley de Vos – Architect
Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake
M. T. A. Furkhan
D. Basil Goonesekera
Cyril Herath – Inspector General of Police
Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana
A. S. Jayawarden – Sri Lankan economist and civil servant
Harry Jayawardena – Businessman
Nihal Jinasena – industrialist and sportsman
Premasiri Khemadasa – Composer
W. D. Lakshman
Paddy Mendis – Air Chief Marshal
Sunil Mendis – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
J. B. Peiris – Senior Neurologist, Researcher and Pioneer of Neurology
M. D. D. Peiris
Denis Perera – Lieutenant General
P. Ramanathan – Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Provincial Governor
P. Deva Rodrigo
Mano Selvanathan
A. H. Sheriffdeen – Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker
Roland Silva
Bradman Weerakoon – Civil servant
Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa
Ray Wijewardene – Academic, Engineer