Dharmadasa Banda

R. M. Dharmadasa Banda
Cabinet Minister of Additional Plantation Crops
In office
2007–2010
Member of Parliament
for Monaragala District
In office
1989–2000
In office
2004–2010
Personal details
Born7 February 1938
Medagam Pattuwa, Bibile, British Ceylon
Died23 October 2010(2010-10-23) (aged 72)
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyUnited National Party (Democratic)
Other political
affiliations
United People's Freedom Alliance
Alma materZahira College, Colombo
ProfessionTeacher

Rathnayaka Mudiyanselage Dharmadasa Banda (7 February 1938 – 23 October 2010), known commonly as R. M. Dharmadasa Banda, was a Sri Lankan teacher, lawyer and politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and a former cabinet minister. He was a Basnayaka Nilame (Lay Custodian) of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya.