# Deshabandu

Deshabandu (Sinhala: දේශබන්දු, romanized: dēśabandu; Tamil: தேசபந்து, romanized: Tēcapantu, lit. 'Patriot') is the third highest national honour awarded in Sri Lanka. It is awarded "for meritorious service". 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. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name.
Deshabandu ranks lower than Deshamanya.

## Awardees

Awardees include:

### 1986

* Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne
* Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa
* Norendradas Jayaratnam Wallooppillai
* Daphne Attygalle
* Wimala de Silva
* Arulanandam Yesuadian Samuel Gnanam
* David Edwin Hettiarachchi
* Dhamital Senakumar Jayasundera
* Clara Motwani

### 1987

* Bulathsinhelage Sirisena Cooray
* James Ernest Ivan Corea
* Albert Edirisinghe
* Don Jinadasa Attygalle
* Siva Chinnatamby
* Lena Charlotte Fernando
* Mohamed Thassim Ahamed Furkhan
* Sathischandra Jayasinghe
* Abeysiri Mendis Munasinghe
* Abdul Haleem Sheriffdeen
* Franciskuhettige Gerald Hudson Silva
* Samuel Jeyarajah Stephen
* Victor Garwin Weerawardhana Ratnayake
* Michael Tissera
* Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa

### 1988

* Velu Annamalai
* Mohamed Mohideen Mohamed Abdul Cader
* Nuwarapaksa Hewayalage Keerthiratne
* Sembukuttiarachchige Bertram Silva
* Manicam Sivanathan
* John William Subasinghe
* Noel Wimalasena
* Swarna Ferdinand
* Alec Robertson
* Mirisse Hewage Gunadasa Siriwardena
* Julian Bolling
* Kosgamage Thilaka Dhammika Jinadasa

### 1989

* Palita Edward Dias Wijesiri Jayavardhana Karunaratna Weeraman
* Bogoda Appuhamilage Premaratne
* Callistus Reginald Seimon
* Sita Seneviratne
* Don Piyadasa Jayasinghe
* Gardi Punchi Hewage Karunaratne
* Jezima Ismail
* Joyce Selina Abeywardana Goonasekera
* Edith Marguerite Grace Fernando

### 1990

* Bomullage Dilipkumar Dharmasena
* John Arthur Ameratunge
* Carl Sepala Illangakoon
* Bertram Russell Heyn
* Victor Hettigoda
* Sangarapully Sellamuttu
* Surath Wickramasinghe
* Ayisha Rauf
* Eric Suriyasena
* Mohamed Sadique Gaffoor
* Surendra Ramachandran
* Albert Athisayaratnam Page
* Kaluthanthirige Nandasena Perera

### 1991

* Nihal Wilfred Karunaratne
* Abdul Raheman Mohamed Hathy
* Ajith Mahendra de Silva Jayaratne
* Jivaka Lalith Bhupendra Kotalawala
* Lankalalama Arunasiri Adithiya

### 1992

* Theva Anugriham Buell
* Deepika Chanmugam
* Kanitha Kumar Lal Devapura
* Kombala Vithanage Damayanthi Darsha
* Sriyantha Subashan Abeysekara Dissanayake
* Balapuwaduge Rohan Duleep Mendis
* Amugoda Arachchige Dayananda Gunawardena
* Karunaratne Jayasuriya
* Chevalier Andrew Kariyawasam
* Kuruppu Arachchilage Karunaratne
* Sinhalage Buddhi Keerthisena
* Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa
* Muthumuni Roy Quintus de Silva
* Ethel Violet Rajapakse
* George Wilfred Rajapakse
* Ranasinghe Arachchige Saranapala Perera Ranasinghe
* Joseph Francis Antony Soza
* Peremartne Weerakoon
* Lihini Imala Weerasooriya

### 1993

* Bernard Alfred Botejue
* Reginald Sebastian Rodrigo Candappa
* Arjun Rishya Fernando
* Sirisumana Godage
* Nahammal Kasipillai
* Mas Dharma Kitchilan
* Pathirannahelage Nimal Pathirana
* Veeyanna Theyna Vaana Deivanayagam Pillai
* Arjuna Ranatunga

### 1994

* Abdul Wahab Mohamed Ameer
* Mohamed Rushdi Uvais
* George Lawrence Andrew Ondaatjie
* Sohli Edelji Captain
* Wilbert Kaggodaarachchi
* Tikiri Banda Madugalla
* Aelian Alwis Cohomban Wickrama Jayasekera
* Hevatantrige Patrick George Ernest Peiris
* Percival Upajiva Ratnatunga
* Weliwitigoda Ariyadasa Wimaladharma
* Don Piyadasa Wijenarayana
* Alfred Samaraweera

### 1996

* Aravinda de Silva
* Roshan Mahanama
* Hashan Tillakaratne
* Asanka Gurusinha
* Sanath Jayasuriya
* Pramodya Wickramasinghe
* Muttiah Muralitharan
* Romesh Kaluwitharana
* Chaminda Vaas
* Kumar Dharmasena
* Marvan Atapattu
* Ravindra Pushpakumara
* Upul Chandana

### 1998

* Primus Tillekeratne de Silva
* Ananda Daivin Soysa
* Rajadurai Sellaiah Thanabalasundaram
* Adhikari Mudiyanselage Dharmasena
* Nowfel S Jabir
* Rajapakse Pathirannehelage Jayaratne Pathirana
* Sunna Deniyage Gunadasa
* Seekkubaduge Wilbert Silva
* Mapatunage James Perera
* Minuwanpitiyage Darmasiri Dayananda Pieris
* Thambimuttu Duraisingam
* Muhammed Abdul Hameed Muhammed Hussain
* Merangne Gaulis Mendis
* Chasnyn Musafer
* BalaupasakageYasodis Thudawe
* Lady Puvaneshwari Vaithianathan
* Kolamba Patabendige Tissaweera Siriwardana Jinasena

### 2005

* A. E. T. Ellawala
* A. L. M. Abusali
* Arumadura Nandasena Silva Kulasinghe
* Christopher Gunapala Uragoda
* D. P. Wickremasinghe
* Diyanath Samarasinghe
* Harold Herath
* Indradasa Hettiarachchi
* Jinadasa Guruge
* Joe Abeywickrama
* K. P. Silva
* Kapila Gunawardena
* Kirthi Tennakoon
* Lakshman de Mel
* Lionel Fernando
* Lyn de Alwis
* Macky Hashim
* N Navaratnarajah
* Olcott Gunasekera
* Osmund Jayaratne
* Don Chandraprema Patrick Amarasinghe
* Ranjith Athapattu
* Reginald George Bernard Forbes
* S. D. R. Jayaratne
* Siran U. Deraniyagala
* Saddhamangala Karunaratne
* Senaka Dias Bandaranayake
* Stanley Kirinde
* Sivaramalingam Anandacoomaraswamy
* Suriya Wickremasinghe
* Swarana Jayaweera
* Tilak de Soysa
* Tissa Abeysekara
* Tony Ranasinghe
* Tuley de Silva
* Vajira Chithrasena
* Vivendra Lintotawela
* M. A. Careem

### 2017

* Deivanayagam Eassuwaren
* Lakshman Lucian de Silva Weerasena
* Leslie Shelton Devendra
* Mahinkande Gamladdalage Kularatne
* Susanthika Jayasinghe
* Ranjan Madugalle
* Shanthilal Nilkanth Wickremesinghe
* Thommadura Pabilis Silva
* Wegapitiya Kattadiyalage Hemachandra Wegapitiya
* Ahamed Rizvi Mohamed Rifkhan
* Sivanalagu Balakrishnan

### 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