Deshabandu (; ) is the third highest national honour awarded in Sri Lanka. It is awarded "for meritorious service". The title is held by no more than 150 living holders at any time. It is conferred with a citation and a silver medal with a symbol of a peacock. It is conventionally used as a title or prefix to the awardee's name. Deshabandu ranks lower than Deshamanya. Awardees Awardees include: 1986 Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne Hewa Komanage Dharmadasa Norendradas Jayaratnam Wallooppillai Daphne Attygalle Wimala de Silva Arulanandam Yesuadian Samuel Gnanam David Edwin Hettiarachchi Dhamital Senakumar Jayasundera Clara Motwani 1987 Bulathsinhelage Sirisena Cooray James Ernest Ivan Corea Albert Edirisinghe Don Jinadasa Attygalle Siva Chinnatamby Lena Charlotte Fernando Mohamed Thassim Ahamed Furkhan Sathischandra Jayasinghe Abeysiri Mendis Munasinghe Abdul Haleem Sheriffdeen Franciskuhettige Gerald Hudson Silva Samuel Jeyarajah Stephen Victor Garwin Weerawardhana Ratnayake Michael Tissera Wickremasinghe Wimaladasa 1988 Velu Annamalai Mohamed Mohideen Mohamed Abdul Cader Nuwarapaksa Hewayalage Keerthiratne Sembukuttiarachchige Bertram Silva Manicam Sivanathan John William Subasinghe Noel Wimalasena Swarna Ferdinand Alec Robertson Mirisse Hewage Gunadasa Siriwardena Julian Bolling Kosgamage Thilaka Dhammika Jinadasa 1989 Palita Edward Dias Wijesiri Jayavardhana Karunaratna Weeraman Bogoda Appuhamilage Premaratne Callistus Reginald Seimon Sita Seneviratne Don Piyadasa Jayasinghe Gardi Punchi Hewage Karunaratne Jezima Ismail Joyce Selina Abeywardana Goonasekera Edith Marguerite Grace Fernando 1990 Bomullage Dilipkumar Dharmasena John Arthur Ameratunge Carl Sepala Illangakoon Bertram Russell Heyn Victor Hettigoda Sangarapully Sellamuttu Surath Wickramasinghe Ayisha Rauf Eric Suriyasena Mohamed Sadique Gaffoor Surendra Ramachandran Albert Athisayaratnam Page Kaluthanthirige Nandasena Perera 1991 Nihal Wilfred Karunaratne Abdul Raheman Mohamed Hathy Ajith Mahendra de Silva Jayaratne Jivaka Lalith Bhupendra Kotalawala Lankalalama Arunasiri Adithiya 1992 Theva Anugriham Buell Deepika Chanmugam Kanitha Kumar Lal Devapura Kombala Vithanage Damayanthi Darsha Sriyantha Subashan Abeysekara Dissanayake Balapuwaduge Rohan Duleep Mendis Amugoda Arachchige Dayananda Gunawardena Karunaratne Jayasuriya Chevalier Andrew Kariyawasam Kuruppu Arachchilage Karunaratne Sinhalage Buddhi Keerthisena Mohotti Arachchilage Sriyani Kulawansa Muthumuni Roy Quintus de Silva Ethel Violet Rajapakse George Wilfred Rajapakse Ranasinghe Arachchige Saranapala Perera Ranasinghe Joseph Francis Antony Soza Peremartne Weerakoon Lihini Imala Weerasooriya 1993 Bernard Alfred Botejue Reginald Sebastian Rodrigo Candappa Arjun Rishya Fernando Sirisumana Godage Nahammal Kasipillai Mas Dharma Kitchilan Pathirannahelage Nimal Pathirana Veeyanna Theyna Vaana Deivanayagam Pillai Arjuna Ranatunga 1994 Abdul Wahab Mohamed Ameer Mohamed Rushdi Uvais George Lawrence Andrew Ondaatjie Sohli Edelji Captain Wilbert Kaggodaarachchi Tikiri Banda Madugalla Aelian Alwis Cohomban Wickrama Jayasekera Hevatantrige Patrick George Ernest Peiris Percival Upajiva Ratnatunga Weliwitigoda Ariyadasa Wimaladharma Don Piyadasa Wijenarayana Alfred Samaraweera 1996