List of Dharmaraja College alumni

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This is a list of Old Rajans, they being the alumni of Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Heads of state

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Gopallawa, WilliamWilliam Gopallawa MBE President of Sri Lanka (1972 – 1978); Governor-General of Ceylon (1962 – 1972) [1]

Politicians

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Abayakoon, Dimuthu BandaraDimuthu Bandara Abayakoon Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2001 – 2010) [2]
Dissanayake, LalithLalith Dissanayake Member of Parliament (Kegalle District) (2008 – 2015)
Gunasinha, A. EkanayakeA. Ekanayake Gunasinha Mayor of Colombo (1940 – 1943); Member of Parliament (Colombo Central District) (1947 – 1952) [3]
Sir Soysa, BennetBennet Soysa Member of the State Council; Member of the Senate of Ceylon; Mayor of Kandy [4]
Tennakoon, Janaka BandaraJanaka Bandara Tennakoon Member of Parliament (Matale District) (1994 – present) [5]
Ratnayake, TilakTilak Ratnayake Governor of Uva Province (1990 – 1993)
Weerawardena, Eric PrasannaEric Prasanna Weerawardena Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2010 – present)

Defence services

Sri Lankan Army

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Angammana, NalinNalin Angammana Lieutenant General former GOC, 3rd Division Sri Lanka Engineers [6][7]

Sri Lankan Navy

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Dissanayake, SarathSarath Dissanayake Rear Admiral

Sri Lanka Police

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Jayasundara, PujithPujith Jayasundara Inspector General of Police (2016 – present) [8]

Civil servants

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Dissanayake, T. B.T. B. Dissanayake President's Counsel; former Commissioner of Assizes (1969 – 1970) [9]

Academics

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Wijesundera, StanleyStanley Wijesundera Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo (1979 – 1989) [10]
Disanayake, J. B.J. B. Disanayake Linguistics professor; author [11]
Guruge, Ananda W. P.Ananda W. P. Guruge Buddhist scholar; author
Seneviratna, AnuradhaAnuradha Seneviratna Linguistics professor; author [12]
Karunaratne, W. S.W. S. Karunaratne Buddhist scholar

Arts

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Bandara, ChandrarathnaChandrarathna Bandara Author [13]
Kalansuriya, AmarasiriAmarasiri Kalansuriya Actor [14]
Kumaragama, WimalaratneWimalaratne Kumaragama Poet
Mahendra, SunandaSunanda Mahendra Author; poet
Munasinghe, Dharma SriDharma Sri Munasinghe Playwright; screenwriter; director [15]
Pasquel, KeerthiKeerthi Pasquel Singer [16]
Pathiraja, DharmasenaDharmasena Pathiraja Film director; screenwriter [17]
Pilapitiya, RoshanRoshan Pilapitiya Actor; producer [18]
Samararatne, GodwinGodwin Samararatne Meditation instructor

Sports

Name Year/degree Notability Reference
Kapugedera, ChamaraChamara Kapugedera International test cricketer (2006 – 2009)
Kehelgamuwa, T.B.T.B. Kehelgamuwa First-class cricketer [19]
Unamboowe, HeshanHeshan Unamboowe Olympic swimmer

See also

References

  1. ↑ "William Gopallawa: First President of the Republic of Sri Lanka". Daily News. 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  2. ↑ "Old Rajans to fete distinguished old boys". The Island. 2004. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  3. ↑ Jayasekera, Upali S. (May 1, 2003). "Remembering A. E. Goonesinha: Father of the Labour Movement". Daily News. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ Dassanayake, M. B. (March 30, 2002). "113th Birth Anniversary : Sir Bennet Soysa - the philanthropist of the hills". Daily News. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Janaka Bandara Tennakoon". The Daily News. 2001. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  6. ↑ "War Heroes of Dharmaraja". KandyNews.net. 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Dharmaraja honours her war heroes". The Island. 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Pujith New IGP". Daily Mirror. 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  9. ↑ Gunaratne, Ruwanthi Herath (22 June 2003). "Living life to a different tempo". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Educationist and administrator of high calibre". Sunday Times. 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Bangkok , Thailand". Archived from the original on October 5, 2007. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  12. ↑ "Prof Anuradha Seneviratna made great contribution to Sinahala literature". Daily News. 2001. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
  13. ↑ "Hostage city (Wanasapu Mala) by Candraratna Baṇḍāra". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  14. ↑ "Kalan, the simple guy". The Nation. 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  15. ↑ "Works of Dharma Sri Munasinghe:SLRC". Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  16. ↑ Kannangara, Nirmala (22 January 2006). "Keerthi: life in the limelight". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  17. ↑ Attanayake, Ranjith Bandara (3 March 2007). "Pathi felicitated in Kandy". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  18. ↑ "Good looks and charm drive him on". Daily News. 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  19. ↑ "'Kehel' - a 'born' pace bowler". The Sunday Observer. 1 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
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