2005 Sri Lankan national honours

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In November 2005 President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga awarded national honours to 231 individuals for distinguished services. [1] The awards ceremony was held on 14 November 2005 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo. [2]

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Sri Lankabhimanya

Two individuals received the Sri Lankabhimanya honour:

  1. Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), writer
  2. Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932–2005), politician (posthumous)

Deshamanya

Thirty one individuals received the Deshamanya honour:

  1. William Alwis
  2. Mahesh Amalean (born 1955), engineer
  3. Sohli E. Captain
  4. Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 1953), diplomat
  5. Lalith de Mel
  6. Rohan de Saram (born 1939), musician
  7. Chandrananda de Silva
  8. Ashley de Vos, architect
  9. Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake
  10. M. T. A. Furkhan
  11. Basil Gunasekara (born 1929), soldier
  12. Cyril Herath (died 2011), police officer
  13. A. S. Jayawardena (1936–2018), economist
  14. Asoka Jayawardena, soldier
  15. Harry Jayawardena (born 1942), businessman
  16. Nihal Jinasena (born 1940), businessman
  17. Premasiri Khemadasa (1937–2008), composer
  18. W. D. Lakshman, economist
  19. Paddy Mendis (born 1933), air man
  20. Sunil Mendis, accountant
  21. J. B. Peiris, physician
  22. M. D. D. Peiris
  23. Denis Perera (1930–2013), soldier
  24. P. Ramanathan (1932–2006), judge
  25. P. Deva Rodrigo
  26. Mano Selvanathan
  27. A. H. Sheriffdeen, surgeon
  28. Roland Silva
  29. Bradman Weerakoon (born 1930), civil servant
  30. Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa
  31. Ray Wijewardene (1924–2010), engineer

Deshabandu

Thirty eight individuals received the Deshabandu honour:

  1. Tissa Abeysekara (1939–2009), filmmaker
  2. Joe Abeywickrama (1927–2011), actor
  3. A. L. M. Abusali
  4. Don Chandraprema Patrick Amarasinghe
  5. Sivaramalingam Anandacoomaraswamy
  6. Ranjit Atapattu (1933–2018), politician
  7. Senaka Dias Bandaranayake
  8. M. A. Careem
  9. Vajira Chithrasena
  10. Lyn de Alwis
  11. Lakshman de Mel
  12. Siran Upendra Deraniyagala (born 1942), archaeologist
  13. Tuley de Silva
  14. Tilak de Soysa
  15. A. E. T. Ellawala
  16. Lionel Fernando, civil servant
  17. Reginald George Bernard Forbes
  18. Olcott Gunasekera
  19. Kapila Gunawardena
  20. Jinadasa Guruge
  21. Macky Hashim
  22. Harold Herath (1930–2007), politician
  23. Indradasa Hettiarachchi, politician
  24. Osmund Jayaratne (1924–2006), academic
  25. S. D. R. Jayaratne
  26. Swarana Jayaweera
  27. Saddhamangala Karunaratne
  28. Stanley Kirinde
  29. A. N. S. Kulasinghe (1919–2006), engineer
  30. Vivendra Lintotawela
  31. N. Navaratnarajah
  32. Tony Ranasinghe (1937–2015), actor
  33. Diyanath Samarasinghe
  34. K. P. Silva
  35. Kirthi Tennakone, scientist
  36. C. G. Uragoda, physician
  37. D. P. Wickremasinghe
  38. Suriya Wickremasinghe

Veera Chudamani

One individual received the Veera Chudamani honour:

  1. Hettiarachchige Gamini Sirisoma Jayasekera

Vidya Jyothi

Thirteen individuals received the Vidya Jyothi honour:

  1. Damian Nobert Lakshman Alwis
  2. Janaka de Silva, academic
  3. Wijaya Godakumbura, surgeon
  4. Colvin Gunaratne
  5. A. D. S. Gunawardena
  6. Mohan Jayatilake
  7. Eric H. Karunanayake
  8. S. Mahalingam (1926–2015), academic
  9. E. W. Marasinghe
  10. Lalitha Mendis
  11. S. Mohanadas, academic
  12. Damitha Ramanayake
  13. Dayantha Wijeyesekera (born 1942), academic

Kala Keerthi

Forty two individuals received the Kala Keerthi honour:

  1. Tilak Abeysinghe
  2. Jackson Anthony (born 1958), actor
  3. Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 1949), film director
  4. S. Pani Bharatha (posthumous)
  5. A. J. Canagarathnam
  6. Olga de Livera
  7. Enid Anula Aluvihare de Silva
  8. Malini Fonseka (born 1947), actress
  9. T. B. Richard M. Don Gabriel
  10. Gnarathan
  11. Sanath Gunathilake (born 1955), actor
  12. Asoka Handagama, filmmaker
  13. Gamini Haththotuwegama (1939–2009), playwright
  14. Henry Jayasena (1931–2009), actor
  15. Vimukthi Jayasundara (born 1977), film director
  16. A. Jesurasa
  17. M. Kanakasabai
  18. Geetha Kumarasinghe (born 1955), actress
  19. Swarna Mallawarachchi, actress
  20. Jayalath Manoratne (born 1948), dramatist
  21. S. Maunaguru
  22. Carl Muller (born 1935), writer
  23. Sanath Nandasiri (born 1942), musician
  24. Simon Navagattegama (1940–2005), novelist (posthumous)
  25. Vasantha Obeysekera (1937–2017), film director
  26. Dharmasena Pathiraja (1943–2018), film director
  27. Sumitra Peries (born 1934), filmmaker
  28. Sri Jayana Rajapakse
  29. Tissa Ranasinghe (born 1925), artist
  30. Monica Ruwanpathirana (1946–2004), poet (posthumous)
  31. Pandithar Sachchithanantham
  32. Bharahmasri Sarveswara Sarma
  33. Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965), novelist
  34. Santhini Sevanesan
  35. Kulanthai Shunmugalingam
  36. A. Sivananthan
  37. K. Sivathamby (1932–2011), historian
  38. Somalatha Subasinghe (1936–2015), actress
  39. Prasanna Vithanage (born 1962), filmmaker
  40. Latha Walpola (born 1934), singer
  41. Rohana Weerasinghe (born 1949), musician
  42. Sybil Wettasinghe (born 1927), writer

Sri Lanka Sikhamani

Thirty six individuals received the Sri Lanka Sikhamani honour:

  1. R. I. T. Alles (1932–2013), teacher
  2. S. Arunachalam
  3. Mohamed Zainudeen Mohamed Badiudeen
  4. Jayantha Balawardena
  5. B. E. S. J. Bastiampillai
  6. J. M. S. Brito
  7. Kris Canekeratne
  8. Ferrin Careem
  9. Hiran Cooray
  10. S. D. Gunadasa (1931–2014), businessman
  11. Edgar Gunetunga
  12. Mallika Hemachandra
  13. H. Z. Jaffer
  14. J. K. D. S. H. Jayawardena
  15. Y. Karunadasa (born 1934), academic
  16. Gunadasa Kupuge (posthumous)
  17. Jayasiri Mendis
  18. Ameena Faiz Musthapa
  19. L. G. G. M. L. Mohammadu Naim
  20. Gunapala Nanayakkara
  21. Mahinda Palihawadana
  22. Kamala Peiris
  23. W. H. Piyadasa
  24. M. Ramalingam
  25. Daya Rathnayake
  26. Z. A. M. Refai
  27. Mendis Rohanadheera
  28. Manik Rodrigo
  29. Premila Senanayake
  30. Mahamood Rizwan Shahabdeen
  31. Suppiah Achari Thiagarajah
  32. Sanath Ukwatte
  33. Rodney Vandergert (1935–2009), diplomat
  34. Tony Weerasinghe
  35. Daya Weththasinghe
  36. Hiranthi Wijemanne

Vidya Nidhi

Thirteen individuals received the Vidya Nidhi honour:

  1. S. M. H. Sena Banda
  2. Raja Gnanasiri Hewa Bowala
  3. Niriellage Chandrasiri
  4. M. A. K. L. Dissanayake
  5. C. A. N. Fernando
  6. Angulugaha Gamage Lasath Namal Gamage
  7. Nimal Guanthilake
  8. P. Amitha Jayasinghe
  9. V. Kumar
  10. Shanthi Mendis
  11. Chales Santiapillai
  12. W. P. Siripala
  13. H. H. Subasinghe

Kala Suri

Thirty one individuals received the Kala Suri honour:

  1. Rohana Baddage
  2. Muhanned Mohideen Abdul Cader
  3. Sarath Chandrajeewa
  4. Pradeep Chandrasiri
  5. Somaratne Dissanayake, film director
  6. Udaya Shantha Fernando
  7. Edward Jayakody (born 1952), musician
  8. Pushpakumara Kandegedara
  9. Barbara Sansoni Lewcock
  10. Harsh Makalanda
  11. Dulip Gabada Mudalige
  12. Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja
  13. Parakrama Niriella
  14. M. A. Nuhuman
  15. Stanley Omar
  16. Janadasa Peiris
  17. H. A. Perera (1950–2010), actor
  18. Rohanadeva Perera
  19. Anoma Rajakaruna
  20. Anne Ranasinghe (1925–2016), poet
  21. Chitra Ranawake
  22. R. Rushankan
  23. Oosha Saravanamuttu
  24. Inoka Sathyangani, film director
  25. Rajini Selvanayagam
  26. T. Shanathanan
  27. Sumathy Sivamohan
  28. Chandraguptha Thenuwara
  29. Subramanium Vilvaratnam
  30. Jagath Weerasinghe (born 1954), artist
  31. Channa Wijewardena

Sri Lanka Thilaka

Four individuals received the Sri Lanka Thilaka honour:

  1. T. M. Priyantha Nimal de Silva
  2. Nayanatara Gitani Fonseka
  3. Rohana Upendra Kuruppu
  4. V. A. Thirugnanasuntharam

Sri Lanka Rathna

Nine individuals received the Sri Lanka Rathna honour:

  1. Bernard de Gaulle
  2. Tetsuya Hino
  3. Thilo W. Hoffmann
  4. Michael Morris (born 1936), British politician
  5. S. D. Muni
  6. Hosel Norota
  7. Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Canadian poet
  8. N. Ram (born 1945), Indian journalist
  9. David C. Sanders

Sri Lanka Ranjana

Eleven individuals received the Sri Lanka Ranjana honour:

  1. Monica de Decker-Deprez
  2. Geoffrey Dobbs
  3. Romesh Gunesekera (born 1954), British author
  4. Evert Jongens
  5. Tadashi Noguchi
  6. Tridev Roy (1933–2012), Pakistani politician
  7. Wang Shihong
  8. Wolfgang Stange
  9. Baik Sung-hak
  10. Sung Woan-jong
  11. Robert Woods

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References

  1. ↑ "National Honours Ceremony". Government of Sri Lanka. 16 November 2005. Archived from the original on 10 July 2006.
  2. ↑ "Sri Lanka's highest national honour for Kadir". Sunday Island . Colombo, Sri Lanka. 13 November 2005. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
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