• Source: 1998 Sri Lankan national honours

In April 1998 President of Sri Lanka Chandrika Kumaratunga awarded national honours to 78 individuals for distinguished services to mark the golden jubilee of Sri Lankan independence.




Deshamanya


Fourteen individuals received the Deshamanya honour:

Ranjit Abeysuriya (1932–2014), lawyer
W. D. Amaradeva (1927–2016), musician
Ken Balendra (born 1940), businessman
Chitrasena (1921–2005), dancer
Charitha Prasanna de Silva
H. L. de Silva (1928–2009), lawyer
R. K. W. Goonesekera (born 1928), academic
Tamara Ilangaratne (born 1925), politician
A. T. Kovoor (1898–1978), academic
Vernon Mendis (1925–2010), diplomat
Christopher Rajindra Panabokke
Duncan White (1918–1998), athlete
Doreen Winifred Wickramasinghe
Elanga Wikramanayake, lawyer




Deshabandu


Seventeen individuals received the Deshabandu honour:

P. T. de Silva (1929–2015), physician
Adhikari Mudiyanselage Dharmasena
Thambimuttu Duraisingam
S. D. Gunadasa (1931–2014), businessman
Muhammed Abdul Hameed Muhammed Hussain
Nowfer Saly Jabir
Kolamba Patabendige Tissaweera Siriwardana Jinasena
M. G. Mendis (1911–2000), trade unionist
Chasnyn Musafer
Rajapakse Pathirannehelage Jayaratne Pathirana
Minuwanpitiyage Darmasiri Dayananda Pieris
M. J. Perera (1915–2002), broadcaster
Seekkubaduge Wilbert Silva
Ananda Daivin Soysa
Rajadurai Sellaiah Thanabalasundaram
Balaupasakage Yasodis Thudawe
Puvaneshwari Vaithianathan




Veera Chudamani


One individual received the Veera Chudamani honour:

Manorani Sarawanamuttu




Vidya Jyothi


Nine individuals received the Vidya Jyothi honour:

Arjuna Aluwihare
Senaka Dias Bandaranayake
M. A. Careem
C. B. Dissanayake
D. P. Anura Fernando
J. B. Peiris, physician
V. K. Samaranayake (1939–2007), academic
Diyanath Samarasinghe
R. O. Barnes Wijesekera




Kala Keerthi


Five individuals received the Kala Keerthi honour:

Dharmasiri Jayakody
Nalini Jayasuriya
Premasiri Khemadasa (1937–2008), composer
Iranganie Serasinghe (born 1927), actress
Regi Siriwardena (1922–2004), academic




Vidya Nidhi


Three individuals received the Vidya Nidhi honour:

Norman Rienzie de Silva
S. K. Sayakkara
Prematilake Wijesekera




Kala Suri


Nine individuals received the Kala Suri honour:

Tissa Abeysekara (1939–2009), filmmaker
Dharmasiri Bandaranayake (born 1949), film director
D. V. Richard de Silva
Parakrama Kodituwakku, poet
Jayalath Manoratne (born 1948), dramatist
J. S. B. Jaya Rani Perera
S. A D. D. Samarasekera
A. Sivanesa Selvan
Jiffry Yoonoos




Sri Lanka Thilaka


Sixteen individuals received the Sri Lanka Thilaka honour:

Karunapala Aprakke
K. Arnis
G. Liyanage David
U. M. Haniffa
H. K. Hettiarachchi
K. S. Jayasena
W. Jayathilaka
M. R. T. Karunaratne
Edmund Opanayake
S. V. P. Tikiri Panikkiya
Kuragala Pinsara
D. C. M. Piyatilake
Sunil Premadasa
G. S. B. Senanayake
T. A. Sirisena
Piyadasa Wickramanayake




Veera Prathapa


Three individuals received the Veera Prathapa honour:

O. R. A. K. Perera
Amithapala Weerasinghe
R. P. R. Wickramapala




Sri Lanka Rathna


One individual received the Sri Lanka Rathna honour:

Susumu Saegi




References


"Deshamanya for 14 Lankans". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 5 April 1998. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
"National Honours". Colombo, Sri Lanka: Presidential Secretariat. Archived from the original on 26 January 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

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