Daya Sandagiri

Daya Sandagiri

Allegiance	Sri Lanka
Service/branch	Sri Lanka Navy
Years of service	1973- 2006
Rank	Admiral
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^[1] with the rank of Admiral on September 1, 2005.^[2]

His term has been widely regarded as a failure often exposed by lack of integrity. ^[3]

References

↑ http://archives.dailynews.lk/2005/09/01/sec01.htm
↑ , President appoints new Navy Commander [30 Dec 2000],
↑ "Navy commander’s big lie". Sunday Leader. 1 September 2002.

^[1]

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

Commanders of the Sri Lankan Navy
Ceylon Naval Volunteer Force 1 Beauchamp 2 De Mel Sri Lanka Navy 1 Banks 2 Brown 3 Chavasse 4 De Mel 5 Kadiragamar 6 Hunter 7 Gunasekara 8 Perera 9 de Silva 10 Silva 11 Fernando 12 Samarasekara 13 Thisera 14 Sandagiri 15 Karannagoda 16 Samarasinghe 17 Dissanayake 18 Colombage 19 Perera 20 Wijegunaratne

↑ "Navy commander’s big lie"

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