# 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 – physician, social worker and politician
* 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 – politician, cabinet minister, governor
* K. W. Devanayagam – lawyer, politician, minister
* 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 – diplomat, Buddhist scholar
* E. L. B. Hurulle – politician
* Abdul Majeed Mohamed Sahabdeen
* Suppiah Sharvananda – Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, provincial governor
* 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

### 2007

* James Peter Obeyesekere III – Politician and aviator

### 2008

* Ramesh Mahendran

### 2017

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

### 2019

* Indrajit Coomaraswamy
* Ajith De Soyza
* Merrill J. Fernando
* Mohan Munasinghe
* Moragoda Christopher Walter Pinto
* Surath Wickremesinghe