Deshabandhu

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Deshabandhu (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) 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.

Deshabandhu ranks lower than Deshamanya.

Awardees

Awardees include:

1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1996
1998
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

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