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Deshamanya දේශමාන්‍ය தேசமான்ய
Awarded by The Government of Sri Lanka
Type	Title of honor/Order of merit
Eligibility	Sri Lankan citizens
Criteria	Highly notable service to the nation
Status	Currently constituted
Statistics
First induction	1986
Last induction	2019
Precedence
Next (higher)	Sri Lankabhimanya
Next (lower)	Deshabandu

Deshamanya (Sinhala: දේශමාන්‍ය, romanized: Dēshamāṉya; Tamil: தேசமான்ய, romanized: Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honourofSri 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 titleorprefix to the recipient's name.^[1]

Recipients

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1986

P. R. Anthonis – surgeon and academic^[2]
Gamani Corea – economist, civil servant and diplomat^[2]
M. C. M. Kaleel^[2]
Malage George Victor Perera Wijewickrama Samarasinghe^[2]
Miliani Sansoni – Chief Justice of Ceylon^[2]
Victor Tennekoon – Chief Justice of Ceylon^[2]

1987

Edwin Felix Dias Abeysinghe^[2]
Neville Kanakeratne – diplomat^[2]
V. Manicavasagar – Supreme Court Justice, Chancellor University of Jaffna^[2]
Wijetunga Mudiyansela Tillekeratne^[2]

1988

Hector Wilfred Jayewardene – lawyer, member United Nations Commission on Human Rights^[2]
Thambiah Sivagnanam^[2]

1989

Shiva Pasupati – Solicitor General of Sri Lanka, Attorney General of Sri Lanka^[2]

1990

Sepala Attygalle – Commander of the Army^[2]
Nandadeva Wijesekera^[2]
Badi-ud-din Mahmud – politician, Minister of Education^[2]
Baku Mahadeva – civil servant^[2]
Nanayakkara Wasam James Mudalige^[2]

1991

E. L. Senanayake – politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka^[2]
Montague Jayawickrama^[2]
K. W. Devanayagam^[2]
Nissanka Wijeyeratne – civil servant, politician^[2]
Sivagamie Verina Obeyasekera^[2]
Christopher Weeramantry^[2]
Neville Ubesinghe Jayawardena^[2]
Ivan Samarawickrema^[2]
Chandirapal Chanmugam^[2]
Abdul Caffoor Mohamed Ameer - Queen's Counsel, Attorney General of Sri Lanka^[2]

1992

1993

Geoffrey Bawa – Architect^[2]
C. A. Coorey^[2]
Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage^[2]
H. W. Thambiah^[2]
Richard Udugama – Major General^[2]
Ponna Wignaraja^[2]
Noel Wimalasena^[2]

1994

Jayantha Kelegama^[2]
Lalith Kotelawala – Businessman^[2]
Nandadasa Kodagoda – Academic^[2]
Godfrey Gunatilleke^[2]
Arulanandam Yesuadiam Samuel Gnanam^[2]
Nugegoda Gabadage Pablis Panditharatna^[2]
Surendra Ramachandran^[2]
Deraniyagalage Basil Ivor Pieris Samaranayake Siriwardhana^[2]

1996

Duleep Mendis – Sri Lanka national cricket captain^[2]
Arjuna Ranatunga – Sri Lanka national cricket captain^[2]

1998

Charitha Prasanna de Silva^[2]
Ken Balendra – Businessman^[2]
Doreen Winifred Wickramasinghe^[2]
Tamara Kumari Illangaratne^[2]
Elanga Devapriya Wickremanayake^[2]
R. K. W. Goonesekera – Academic, Lawyer^[2]
Vernon Mendis – Diplomat^[2]
H. L. de Silva – Diplomat^[2]
A. T. Kovoor – Academic^[2]
Ranjit Abeysuriya – lawyer^[2]
Duncan White – Olympic medalist^[2]
Christopher Rajindra Panabokke^[2]
W. D. Amaradeva – Music Director^[2]
Chitrasena – Dancer^[2]

2005

Kamalika Priyaderi Abeyaratne^[2]
William Alwis^[2]
Mahesh Amalean – Engineer and industrialist^[2]
Sohli E. Captain^[2]
Radhika Coomaraswamy – Academic, Human Rights Activist, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations^[2]
Lalith de Mel^[2]
Rohan de Saram – Cellist^[2]
Chandrananda de Silva^[2]
Ashley de Vos – Architect^[2]
Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake^[2]
M. T. A. Furkhan^[2]
D. Basil Goonesekera^[2]
Cyril Herath – Inspector General of Police^[2]
Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardhana^[2]
A. S. Jayawarden – Sri Lankan economist and civil servant^[2]
Harry Jayawardena – Businessman^[2]
Nihal Jinasena – industrialist and sportsman^[2]
Premasiri Khemadasa – Composer^[2]
W. D. Lakshman^[2]
Paddy Mendis – Air Chief Marshal^[2]
Sunil Mendis – former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka^[2]
J. B. Peiris – Senior Neurologist, Researcher and Pioneer of Neurology^[2]
M. D. D. Peiris^[2]
Denis Perera – Lieutenant General^[2]
P. Ramanathan – Former Justice of the Supreme Court and Provincial Governor^[2]
P. Deva Rodrigo^[2]
Mano Selvanathan^[2]
A. H. Sheriffdeen – Surgeon, academic and voluntary worker^[2]
Roland Silva^[2]
Bradman Weerakoon – Civil servant^[2]
Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa^[2]
Ray Wijewardene – Academic, Engineer^[2]

2007

James Peter Obeyesekere III – Politician and aviator^[2]

2008

Ramesh Mahendran^[2]

2017

Abbasally Akbar^[3]
K. M. de Silva^[3]
Tissa Devendra^[3]
Colvin Goonaratna^[3]
Amaradasa Gunawardana^[3]
Devanesan Nesiah^[3]
Nandadasa Rajapaksha^[3]
Priyani Soysa^[3]
Latha Walpola^[3]
Mineka Presantha Wickramasingha^[3]
Bhanuka Wimalasooriya^[3]

2019

Indrajit Coomaraswamy
Ajith De Soyza
Merrill J. Fernando
Mohan Munasinghe
Moragoda Christopher Walter Pinto
Surath Wickremesinghe^[4]

References

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^ Gunawardena, Charles A. (2005). Encyclopedia Of Sri Lanka. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. p. 254. ISBN 9781932705485.

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "National Honours – 2017". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 21 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.

^ "President honours outstanding citizens at National Awards ceremony".