2005 Sri Lankan national honours

In November 2005 President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga awarded national honours to 231 individuals for distinguished services.National Honours Ceremony http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200511/20051116national_honours_ceremony.htm Government of Sri Lanka https://web.archive.org/web/20060710180134/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200511/20051116national_honours_ceremony.htm 10 July 2006 16 November 2005 The awards ceremony was held on 14 November 2005 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall in Colombo.Sri Lanka’s highest national honour for Kadir http://www.island.lk/2005/11/13/news2.html 26 August 2019 Sunday Island 13 November 2005 Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lankabhimanya Two individuals received the Sri Lankabhimanya honour: Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), writer Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932–2005), politician (posthumous) Deshamanya Thirty one individuals received the Deshamanya honour: William Alwis Mahesh Amalean (born 1955), engineer Sohli E. Captain Radhika Coomaraswamy (born 1953), diplomat Lalith de Mel Rohan de Saram (born 1939), musician Chandrananda de Silva Ashley de Vos, architect Jayaratne Banda Dissanayake M. T. A. Furkhan Basil Gunasekara (born 1929), soldier Cyril Herath (died 2011), police officer A. S. Jayawardena (1936–2018), economist Asoka Jayawardena, soldier Harry Jayawardena (born 1942), businessman Nihal Jinasena (born 1940), businessman Premasiri Khemadasa (1937–2008), composer W. D. Lakshman, economist Paddy Mendis (born 1933), air man Sunil Mendis, accountant J. B. Peiris, physician M. D. D. Peiris Denis Perera (1930–2013), soldier P. Ramanathan (1932–2006), judge P. Deva Rodrigo Mano Selvanathan A. H. Sheriffdeen, surgeon Roland Silva Bradman Weerakoon (born 1930), civil servant Kandekumara Hapudoragamage Jothiyarathna Wijayadasa Ray Wijewardene (1924–2010), engineer Deshabandu Thirty eight individuals received the Deshabandu honour: Tissa Abeysekara (1939–2009), filmmaker Joe Abeywickrama (1927–2011), actor A. L. M. Abusali Don Chandraprema Patrick Amarasinghe Sivaramalingam Anandacoomaraswamy Ranjit Atapattu (1933–2018), politician Senaka Dias Bandaranayake M. A. Careem Vajira Chithrasena Lyn de Alwis Lakshman de Mel Siran Upendra Deraniyagala (born 1942), archaeologist Tuley de Silva Tilak de Soysa A. E. T. Ellawala Lionel Fernando, civil servant Reginald George Bernard Forbes Olcott Gunasekera Kapila Gunawardena Jinadasa Guruge Macky Hashim Harold Herath (1930–2007), politician Indradasa Hettiarachchi, politician Osmund Jayaratne (1924–2006), academic S. D. R. Jayaratne Swarana Jayaweera Saddhamangala Karunaratne Stanley Kirinde A. N. S. Kulasinghe (1919–2006), engineer Vivendra Lintotawela N. Navaratnarajah Tony Ranasinghe (1937–2015), actor Diyanath Samarasinghe K. P. Silva Kirthi Tennakone, scientist C. G. Uragoda, physician D. P. Wickremasinghe Suriya Wickremasinghe Veera Chudamani One individual received the Veera Chudamani honour: Hettiarachchige Gamini Sirisoma Jayasekera Vidya Jyothi Thirteen individuals received the Vidya Jyothi honour: Damian Nobert Lakshman Alwis Janaka de Silva, academic Wijaya Godakumbura, surgeon Colvin Gunaratne A. D. S. Gunawardena Mohan Jayatilake Eric H. Karunanayake S. Mahalingam (1926–2015), academic E. W. Marasinghe Lalitha Mendis S. Mohanadas, academic Damitha Ramanayake Dayantha Wijeyesekera (born 1942), academic Kala Keerthi Forty two individuals received the Kala Keerthi honour: Tilak Abeysinghe Jackson Anthony (born 1958), actor Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 1949), film director S. Pani Bharatha (posthumous) A. J. Canagarathnam Olga de Livera Enid Anula Aluvihare de Silva Malini Fonseka (born 1947), actress T. B. Richard M. Don Gabriel Gnarathan Sanath Gunathilake (born 1955), actor Asoka Handagama, filmmaker Gamini Haththotuwegama (1939–2009), playwright Henry Jayasena (1931–2009), actor Vimukthi Jayasundara (born 1977), film director A. Jesurasa M. Kanakasabai Geetha Kumarasinghe (born 1955), actress Swarna Mallawarachchi, actress Jayalath Manoratne (born 1948), dramatist S. Maunaguru Carl Muller (born 1935), writer Sanath Nandasiri (born 1942), musician Simon Navagattegama (1940–2005), novelist (posthumous) Vasantha Obeysekera (1937–2017), film director Dharmasena Pathiraja (1943–2018), film director Sumitra Peries (born 1934), filmmaker Sri Jayana Rajapakse Tissa Ranasinghe (born 1925), artist Monica Ruwanpathirana (1946–2004), poet (posthumous) Pandithar Sachchithanantham Bharahmasri Sarveswara Sarma Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965), novelist Santhini Sevanesan Kulanthai Shunmugalingam A. Sivananthan K. Sivathamby (1932–2011), historian Somalatha Subasinghe (1936–2015), actress Prasanna Vithanage (born 1962), filmmaker Latha Walpola (born 1934), singer Rohana Weerasinghe (born 1949), musician Sybil Wettasinghe (born 1927), writer Sri Lanka Sikhamani Thirty six individuals received the Sri Lanka Sikhamani honour: R. I. T. Alles (1932–2013), teacher S. Arunachalam Mohamed Zainudeen Mohamed Badiudeen Jayantha Balawardena B. E. S. J. Bastiampillai J. M. S. Brito Kris Canekeratne Ferrin Careem Hiran Cooray S. D. Gunadasa (1931–2014), businessman Edgar Gunetunga Mallika Hemachandra H. Z. Jaffer J. K. D. S. H. Jayawardena Y. Karunadasa (born 1934), academic Gunadasa Kupuge (posthumous) Jayasiri Mendis Ameena Faiz Musthapa L. G. G. M. L. Mohammadu Naim Gunapala Nanayakkara Mahinda Palihawadana Kamala Peiris W. H. Piyadasa M. Ramalingam Daya Rathnayake Z. A. M. Refai Mendis Rohanadheera Manik Rodrigo Premila Senanayake Mahamood Rizwan Shahabdeen Suppiah Achari Thiagarajah Sanath Ukwatte Rodney Vandergert (1935–2009), diplomat Tony Weerasinghe Daya Weththasinghe Hiranthi Wijemanne Vidya Nidhi Thirteen individuals received the Vidya Nidhi honour: S. M. H. Sena Banda Raja Gnanasiri Hewa Bowala Niriellage Chandrasiri M. A. K. L. Dissanayake C. A. N. Fernando Angulugaha Gamage Lasath Namal Gamage Nimal Guanthilake P. Amitha Jayasinghe V. Kumar Shanthi Mendis Chales Santiapillai W. P. Siripala H. H. Subasinghe Kala Suri Thirty one individuals received the Kala Suri honour: Rohana Baddage Muhanned Nohideen Abdul Cader Sarath Chandrajeewa Pradeep Chandrasiri Somaratne Dissanayake, film director Udaya Shantha Fernando Edward Jayakody (born 1952), musician Pushpakumara Kandegedara Barbara Sansoni Lewcock Harsh Makalanda Dulip Gabada Mudalige Nelum Harasgama Nadaraja Parakrama Niriella M. A. Nuhuman Stanley Omar Janadasa Peiris H. A. Perera (1950–2010), actor Rohanadeva Perera Anoma Rajakaruna Anne Ranasinghe (1925–2016), poet Chitra Ranawake R. Rushankan Oosha Saravanamuttu Inoka Sathyangani, film director Rajini Selvanayagam T. Shanathanan Sumathy Sivamohan Chandraguptha Thenuwara Subramanium Vilvaratnam Jagath Weerasinghe (born 1954), artist Channa Wijewardena Sri Lanka Thilaka Four individuals received the Sri Lanka Thilaka honour: T. M. Priyantha Nimal de Silva Nayanatara Gitani Fonseka Rohana Upendra Kuruppu V. A. Thirugnanasuntharam Sri Lanka Rathna Nine individuals received the Sri Lanka Rathna honour: Bernard de Gaulle Tetsuya Hino Thilo W. Hoffmann Michael Morris (born 1936), British politician S. D. Muni Hosel Norota Michael Ondaatje (born 1943), Canadian poet N. Ram (born 1945), Indian journalist David C. Sanders Sri Lanka Ranjana Eleven individuals received the Sri Lanka Ranjana honour: Monica de Decker-Deprez Geoffrey Dobbs Romesh Gunesekera (born 1954), British author Evert Jongens Tadashi Noguchi Tridev Roy (1933–2012), Pakistani politician Wang Shihong Wolfgang Stange Baik Sung-hak Sung Woan-jong Robert Woods References Government Notification - National Honours http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200511/National_Honours_Gazette_Notification.pdf Government of Sri Lanka https://web.archive.org/web/20100724105414/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200511/National_Honours_Gazette_Notification.pdf 24 July 2010 26 August 2019 dead Sri Lanka National Honours National Honours Category:Civil awards and decorations of Sri Lanka