Deshamanya Deshamanya ( si, දේශමාන්‍ය, translit=Dēshamāṉya; ta, தேசமான்ய, translit=Tēcamāṉya; Pride of the Nation) is the second-highest national honour of Sri Lanka awarded by the Government of Sri Lanka as a ...

Felix Stanley Christopher Perera Kalpage (died 2000) was a

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 ...

n academic and statesman. He was a member of the

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, the

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of the Ministry of Higher Education, Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India (1989–1991) and its

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(1991–1994). Educated at

S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia , motto_translation = Be Thou Forever , song = Thomian Song , athletics = Yes , sports = Yes , nickname = Thora , denomination = Anglican , patron ...

, he graduated from the

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with a degree in chemistry and gained a PhD in Agricultural Chemistry from the

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. Joining the University of Ceylon as a lecturer, he went on to head the department of agricultural chemistry. In 1965 he was appointed to the Senate, when

Dudley Senanayake Dudley Shelton Senanayake ( Sinhala: ඩඩ්ලි ශෙල්ටන් සේනානායක: ta, டட்லி சேனநாயக்கா; 19 June 1911 – 13 April 1973), was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as Prime Mi ...

was Prime Minister. From 1974 to 1977 he served as Professor of Soil Science at the

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. Returning to Sri Lanka in 1977, he was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the newly formed Ministry of Higher Education. Soon after he was appointed as the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission and served in this capacity till 1989. During this time Ruhuna University College and Batticaloa University College were established and upgraded to university status. In 1989, he was appointed as the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India and from 1991 to 1994 he served as the

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of Sri Lanka to the

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. In 1993 Kalpage was awarded the title

from the Government of Sri Lanka. He was married to Chitranganie, and had two sons, Sanjay and Pravin.

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