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

Name Notability Reference
Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2001 – 2010) [1]
Nalin Angammana Lieutenant General former GOC, 3rd Division Sri Lanka Engineers [2][3]
Chandrarathna Bandara Author [4]
J. B. Disanayake Linguistics professor; author [5]
Lalith Dissanayake Member of Parliament (Kegalle District) (2008 – 2015)
Sarath Dissanayake Rear Admiral
T. B. Dissanayake President's Counsel; former Commissioner of Assizes (1969 – 1970) [6]
William Gopallawa MBE President of Sri Lanka (1972 – 1978); Governor-General of Ceylon (1962 – 1972) [7]
A. Ekanayake Gunasinha Mayor of Colombo (1940 – 1943); Member of Parliament (Colombo Central District) (1947 – 1952) [8]
Ananda W. P. Guruge Buddhist scholar; author
Pujith Jayasundara Inspector General of Police (2016 – present) [9]
Amarasiri Kalansuriya Actor [10]
Chamara Kapugedera International test cricketer (2006 – 2009)
W. S. Karunaratne Buddhist scholar
T.B. Kehelgamuwa First-class cricketer [11]
Wimalaratne Kumaragama Poet
Sunanda Mahendra Author; poet
Dharma Sri Munasinghe Playwright; screenwriter; director [12]
Keerthi Pasquel Singer [13]
Dharmasena Pathiraja Film director; screenwriter [14]
Roshan Pilapitiya Actor; producer [15]
Tilak Ratnayake Governor of Uva Province (1990 – 1993)
Godwin Samararatne Meditation instructor
Anuradha Seneviratna Linguistics professor; author [16]
Sir Bennet Soysa Member of the State Council; Member of the Senate of Ceylon; Mayor of Kandy [17]
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Member of Parliament (Matale District) (1994 – present) [18]
Heshan Unamboowe Olympic swimmer
Eric Prasanna Weerawardena Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2010 – present)
Stanley Wijesundera Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo (1979 – 1989) [19]
Sandun Weerakkody International test cricketer

See also

References

  1. ^ "Old Rajans to fete distinguished old boys". The Island. 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  2. ^ "War Heroes of Dharmaraja". KandyNews.net. 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Dharmaraja honours her war heroes". The Island. 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Hostage city (Wanasapu Mala) by Candraratna Baṇḍāra". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  5. ^ "Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Bangkok, Thailand". Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  6. ^ Gunaratne, Ruwanthi Herath (22 June 2003). "Living life to a different tempo". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  7. ^ "William Gopallawa: First President of the Republic of Sri Lanka". Daily News. 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  8. ^ Jayasekera, Upali S. (1 May 2003). "Remembering A. E. Goonesinha: Father of the Labour Movement". Daily News. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Pujith New IGP". Daily Mirror. 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  10. ^ "Kalan, the simple guy". The Nation. 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  11. ^ "'Kehel' - a 'born' pace bowler". The Sunday Observer. 1 March 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Works of Dharma Sri Munasinghe:SLRC". Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation. 18 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  13. ^ Kannangara, Nirmala (22 January 2006). "Keerthi: life in the limelight". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  14. ^ Attanayake, Ranjith Bandara (3 March 2007). "Pathi felicitated in Kandy". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  15. ^ "Good looks and charm drive him on". Daily News. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  16. ^ "Prof Anuradha Seneviratna made great contribution to Sinahala literature". Daily News. 2001. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  17. ^ Dassanayake, M. B. (30 March 2002). "113th Birth Anniversary : Sir Bennet Soysa - the philanthropist of the hills". Daily News. Archived from the original on 26 December 2004. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  18. ^ "Janaka Bandara Tennakoon". The Daily News. 2001. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  19. ^ "Educationist and administrator of high calibre". Sunday Times. 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

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