Daya Sandagiri

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Daya Sandagiri
US Navy 050221-N-4702D-060 Machinist Mate 1st Class Michael A. Hohn shows the Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Adm. D.W.K. Sandagiri, the different equipment a Sailor must monitor while on watch (cropped).jpg
Sandagiri (left) on board USS Blue Ridge
Born (1946-09-01) 1 September 1946 (age 77) [1]
Allegiance Sri Lanka
Service/branch Naval Ensign of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka Navy
Years of service1973–2006
Rank 15-Sri Lanka Navy-ADM.svg Admiral
Service number NRX 0028 [2]
Commands held Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy
Chief of Defence Staff
Battles/wars Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya medal bar.svg Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya
Uttama Seva ribbon bar.svg Uttama Seva Padakkama
Purna Bhumi Padakkama ribbon bar.svg Purna Bhumi Padakkama
Alma mater Kegalu Vidyalaya,St. Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Veyangoda
Spouse(s)Pearl Sandagiri
Children2

Daya W. K. Sandagiri was the 14th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. Admiral Sandagiri was born in Veyangoda and had his education at St. Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Veyangoda and Kegalu Vidyalaya, Kegalle. [3] [4] He enlisted in the then Royal Ceylon Navy on 14 November 1966 and was in the first batch of naval cadets to join the Naval and Maritime Academy at Trincomalee on 1 July 1969. He was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the navy as a sub-lieutenant on 1 July 1972. [1]

He was promoted to Commander of the Navy and served for four years and eight months in the position. Upon his retirement he was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff [5] with the rank of admiral on 1 September 2005. [6] He retired from that position on 12 June 2005. He became the fourth chancellor of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University on 9 November 2015. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chancellor: Admiral Daya Sandagiri". kdu.ac.lk. General Sri John Kotelawala Defence University. April 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Travis Sinniah to have shortest tenure?". Sri Lanka Mirror. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "First naval chief assumes duties as new Chief of Defence Staff | Sri Lanka Army".
  4. ↑ "Kegalu Vidyalaya". 20 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Daya Sandagiri promoted to Admiral". Daily News Online. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "President appoints new Navy Commander". priu.gov.lk. 30 December 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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Preceded by Chief of the Defence Staff
2005–2006		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
2000–2005		Succeeded by


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