Deshabandu Deshabandu ( si, දේශබන්දු, translit=dēśabandu; ta, தேசபந்து, translit=Tēcapantu, translation=Patriot) is the third highest Sri Lankan honours system, national honour awarded in Sri Lanka. It is awarded "for me ...

Indradasa Hettiarachchi (born 13 October 1927) was a Sri Lankan politician and the former Minister of Industries. Hettiarachchi was born 13 October 1927 in

Kalutara Kalutara ( si, කළුතර, ta, களுத்துறை) or Kalutota is a major city in Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is also the administrative capital of Kalutara District. It is located approximately south o ...

, the son of a tea, rubber and coconut planter, to a family with five sisters and two brothers. The family moved to

Horana Horana ( si, හොරණ, , ta, ஹொரணை) is a town in Kalutara District, in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is on the A8 highway between Panadura and Ratnapura, away from Ratnapura and away from Panadura. Horana is connected wi ...

, where he attended Ananda and Nalanda Colleges, before completing his studies at Pembroke (a defunct ‘

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’). He contested and won a seat on the Horana Village Council and a year later, following the resignation of the sitting chairman, Hettiarchchi was appointed to the position, which he held for the next eighteen years. He was elected as a

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, representing

at the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977. In 2005 he was conferred with the title of

by the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hettiarachchi, Indradasa 1927 births Living people United National Party politicians Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo Members of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 9th Parliament of Sri Lanka Ministers of state of Sri Lanka Non-cabinet ministers of Sri Lanka District ministers of Sri Lanka Deshabandu Sinhalese politicians