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Buddhist topics. Rev. Highfield of Wesley College and Rev. Father Legoc of St. Joseph's College contributed to this discussion. In a novel experiment for that era, Kularatne encouraged his staff to write textbooks in English on geography, history, botany, and other sciences. Under his auspices, the study of science became popular. Kularatne started classes for teaching Tamil to Sinhalese students and Sinhala to Tamil students.
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visited Ananda in 1927. In 1928 the college won the Herman Loos cup for the best cadet platoon and the Stubs challenge shield for boxing. In 1929 Ananda won the CVRA shield for rifle shooting. Dr. Evans-Wendtz, an
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College and Nalanda College Colombo. On 31 March 1922, Thompson laid the foundation stone for a sixteen classroom building at Campbell Place. In August of the same year the first stage of the two storied hostel was opened. Nobel laureate
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2836:Alumni of University College London
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747:A fresh look at Kannangara Reforms
716:1962 Ceylonese coup d'état attempt
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1240:H. W. Amarasuriya
1219:Southern Province
1209:Jayaweera Kuruppu
1199:Dudley Senanayake
1175:H. A. Goonesekera
1154:U. B. Wanninayake
1101:P. B. Bulankulame
1077:G. G. Ponnambalam
1036:Northern Province
988:S. P. Vythilingam
966:Bernard Aluwihare
597:J. R. Jayewardene
589:S. A. Dissanayake
469:He contested the
465:Post-independence
369:C. Suntharalingam
224:
223:
121:
120:
113:
95:
2883:
2796:Sinhalese people
2738:Baba Zahiere Lye
2728:R. S. V. Poulier
2708:L. O. Abeyaratne
2632:Dayasena Pasqual
2622:Anil Moonesinghe
2506:Western Province
2481:Kusuma Rajaratne
2471:J. G. Gunasekera
2466:D. M. Gunasekera
2397:George Rajapaksa
2271:W. A. Karunasena
2185:A. H. Senanayake
2082:E. L. B. Hurulle
2070:Sirimevan Godage
2021:V. N. Navaratnam
1979:A. Amirthalingam
1923:P. Manicavasagam
1882:Eastern Province
1842:E. L. Senanayake
1832:Shelton Ranaraja
1817:Tissa Kapukotuwa
1746:Central Province
1688:
1686:
1680:
1679:
1672:
1659:
1652:
1645:
1636:
1483:
1428:D. S. Senanayake
1394:A. P. Jayasuriya
1389:D. P. Jayasuriya
1360:A. E. Goonesinha
1339:Western Province
1310:D. D. Gunasekera
1305:Henry Kotelawala
1274:Neil Hewavitarne
1262:R. C. Kannangara
1257:Raja Hewavitarne
1228:Francis de Zoysa
1019:E. R. Tambimuttu
998:Eastern Province
932:Central Province
876:
874:
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847:
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833:
824:
800:
794:
788:
787:
785:
783:
771:
762:
756:
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744:
738:
732:
645:Ananda Kularatne
554:C.C. Dissanayake
436:Political career
330:D. B. Jayatilaka
286:Richmond College
256:and established
244:(1942-1947) and
231:P de S Kularatne
194:Richmond College
174:
171:16 November 1976
156:
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142:
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116:
109:
105:
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96:
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29:
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2891:
2890:
2886:
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2881:
2880:
2751:
2750:
2749:
2744:
2696:
2612:Pieter Keuneman
2607:M. C. M. Kaleel
2500:
2461:S. B. Ekanayake
2436:
2392:D. A. Rajapaksa
2320:
2296:P. R. Ratnayake
2221:
2200:Kavisena Herath
2106:
2075:K. B. Ratnayake
2045:
2041:K. Thurairatnam
2036:A. Sivasunderam
1994:V. Dharmalingam
1984:M. Balasundaram
1974:V. A. Alegacone
1959:
1876:
1857:T. B. Tennekoon
1852:R. W. Tennekoon
1802:K. Abdul Jabbar
1792:T. B. M. Herath
1760:Alick Aluwihare
1740:
1715:
1694:
1684:
1682:
1677:
1675:
1674:Members of the
1663:
1633:
1624:
1580:
1557:
1539:
1499:
1471:
1445:A. E. Rajapakse
1365:M. C. M. Kaleel
1333:
1290:
1250:D. A. Rajapaksa
1245:D. M. Rajapaksa
1213:
1160:
1132:John Kotelawala
1127:R. S. Tennekoon
1107:
1081:
1030:
1012:S. Dharmaretnam
992:
926:
904:Chief Secretary
899:
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851:
804:
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773:
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733:
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724:
712:
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581:Walter Abeykoon
542:
536:
491:party secretary
467:
443:
438:
429:
397:
381:D. W. J. Perera
343:
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316:, he gained an
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190:Alma mater
172:
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133:
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117:
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100:
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2773:
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2763:
2753:
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2746:
2745:
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2740:
2733:M. P. Drahaman
2730:
2725:
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2698:
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2695:
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2569:
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2562:Meryl Fernando
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2360:M. P. de Zoysa
2357:
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2329:
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2293:
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2273:
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2263:
2258:
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2251:P. C. Imbulana
2248:
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2158:Jaya Pathirana
2150:
2145:
2143:L. B. Jayasena
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2067:
2065:A. H. de Silva
2062:
2060:C. P. de Silva
2056:
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1847:D. G. Sirisena
1844:
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1764:
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1430:
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953:
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946:E. A. Nugawela
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909:Graeme Tyrrell
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364:Mahatma Gandhi
351:Graeme Thomson
347:Ananda College
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304:. He gained a
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202:Wesley College
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