Daya Sandagiri

Daya Sandagiri
Sandagiri (left) onboard the USS Blue Ridge
Born (1947-09-01) 1 September 1947[1]
Allegiance Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Service/branch Sri Lanka Navy
Years of service 1973 - 2006
Rank Admiral
Service number NRX 0028[2]
Commands held Commander of the Sri Lankan Navy
Chief of Defence Staff
Battles/wars Sri Lankan Civil War
Awards Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya, Uttama Seva Padakkama, Purna Bhoomi Padakkama

Daya W. K. Sandagiri was the 14th Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy. He was Born and bred in Veyangoda, Admiral Sandagiri had his education at St. Mary's Maha Vidyalaya, Veyangoda and Kegalu Maha Vidyalaya, Kegalle. He was enlisted in the then Royal Ceylon Navy on 14 November 1966 and was in the first batch of Naval Cadets to join the renowned Naval and Maritime Academy in Trincomalee on July 1, 1969 and was commissioned into the Executive Branch of the navy as a Sub-Lieutenant on 1 July 1973.

He was appointed Chief of Defense Staff[3] with the rank of admiral on September 1, 2005.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Chancellor: Admiral Daya Sandagiri". kdu.ac.lk. General Sri John Kotelawala Defence University. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Travis Sinniah to have shortest tenure?". srilankamirror.com. Sri Lanka Mirror. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  3. ↑ http://archives.dailynews.lk/2005/09/01/sec01.htm
  4. ↑ , President appoints new Navy Commander [30 Dec 2000],

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Military offices
Preceded by
L. P. Balagalle		 Chief of the Defence Staff
2005–2006		 Succeeded by
Donald Perera
Preceded by
H. C. A. C. Thisera		 Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy
2001–2005		 Succeeded by
Wasantha Karannagoda


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