The Sri Lanka Rathna ( si, ශ්රී ලංකා රත්න) is a
national honour of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
for foreigners or non nationals, awarded "for exceptional and outstanding service to the nation".
It comprises a citation and a gold medal studded with nine "navaratnas" (Sri Lankan gems) with a Manel symbol (the country's national flower).
Awardees
Awardees include:
;1998
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Susumu Saegi
Susumu is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Susumu Akagi (born 1972) Japanese voice actor
*Susumu Aoyagi (青柳 進, born 1968), Japanese baseball player
*Susumu Chiba (born 1970), Japanese voice actor
*, Ja ...
;2005
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Bernard de Gaulle
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname.
The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave ...
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David C. Sanders
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
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Hosel Norota
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* Sir
Michael Morris
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Michael Ondaatje
Philip Michael Ondaatje (; born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian poet, fiction writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of multiple literary awards such as the Governor General's Award, the Giller ...
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N. Ram
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S. D. Muni
S is the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet.
S may also refer to:
History
* an Anglo-Saxon charter's number in Peter Sawyer's, catalogue Language and linguistics
* Long s (ſ), a form of the lower-case letter s formerly used where " ...
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Tetsuya Hino
Tetsuya is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Tetsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
* 哲也, "philosophy, to be"
* 鉄也, "iron, to be"
* 哲哉, "philosophy, alas"
* 徹也, "devotion, to be" ...
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Thilo W. Hoffmann
;2019
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Yasushi Akashi
References
External links
Civil awards and decorations of Sri Lanka
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