Royal College, Colombo

Royal College Colombo ; රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය ; றோயல் கல்லூரி
	main building
founding	1835
Country	Sri Lanka
Coordinates	6 ° 54 '16 " N , 79 ° 51' 40" E Coordinates: 6 ° 54 '16 " N , 79 ° 51' 40" E
student	about 8000
Teachers	about 400
management	BA Abeyrathna (Principal)
Website	royalcollege.lk

The Royal College, Colombo ( Sinhala රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය Rājakīya Vidyālaya ; Tamil றோயல் கல்லூரி Royal Kalloori , also Royal College Colombo 7 , also called Royal or Royal College for short ) is a monoeducational school for boys in Colombo , Sri Lanka . It was founded as a private school by Reverend Joseph Marsh in 1835 and as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton Adopted in January 1836 as the first state secondary school for boys in Sri Lanka.

The Royal College is considered the leading public school in Sri Lanka and is also known as the " Eton of Sri Lanka". The school was set up in the tradition of the British Public School and renamed the Royal College Colombo in 1881 with the consent of Queen Victoria . It became the first school outside the British Isles to be called "Royal" and was one of the first schools to be recognized as a National School ( Regierung National , Jathika Pasala, தேசியப் பாடசாலை) by the Sri Lankan government in the 1980s. was designated.

As a national school , it is financed by the government - in contrast to the schools of the Provincial Councils . The school was founded in 2009 by Microsoft , "one of the best innovative colleges" as (one of best innovative colleges) referred to the world.

Students at the Royal College are referred to as Royalists , former students as "Old Royalists" . Numerous famous personalities received their education at the school, including presidents of two countries, a sultan and three prime ministers.

college

location

Located in a quiet residential suburb of Colombo, Cinnamon Gardens , the school grounds cover 38 acres (15.5 hectares) along Rajakeeya Mawatha and adjacent to Reid Avenue to the east, Kumarathunga Munidasa Mawatha (Thurstan Road) to the west and to the south of the former school building, which is now used for the Department of Mathematics of the University of Colombo .

administration

The college receives its funding through the Department of Education , which also appoints the principal . He is the head of college administration and is assisted by a Senior Deputy Principal . The school is divided into three levels: Primary school (formerly: Royal College Preparatory School ), Middle school and Upper school , with each level subordinate to its own deputy principal (headmaster) . The college has approximately 9,100 students in secondary and primary education. The administration of the boarding school (college hostel) provides a warden under the supervision of the principal. The warden is supported by a sub-warden .

The school's senior prefects also play a comparatively important role in the school. They have passed their final exams. This gives them disciplinary authority over all students at the Royal College.

English has been the language of instruction since the school was founded; Sinhala and Tamil became the official languages of instruction when they were introduced. Royalists continued to demonstrate excellent proficiency in English, but in 2002 English was reintroduced as the language of instruction. Students can choose which of the three languages they want to teach their lessons in.

Admission

Admission to the school is achieved through strong competition. The largest number of applications are for Grade 1 admission and the top 250 students from across the country are eligible for Grade 5 admission through the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination .

Furnishing

The JR Jayawardene Pavilion on the cricket field.

The school is equipped with lecture halls, laboratories and computer rooms as well as auditoriums . These include the College Hall and the Navarangahala , a National Theater . The boarding school has places for around 230 students.

Sport is a focus of the school. The school's facilities include a swimming pool, cricket fields and athletics facilities, tennis and basketball courts and indoor cricket nets. The Royal College Sports Complex and rugby grounds are some distance from the school grounds. The sports facility, which meets international standards, was built in 2000 and offers space for national and school-internal sporting events.

War memorial

In front of the main building, between the Boake Gates and the College Main Hall, stands the memorial to the Old Royalists who lost their lives in Sri Lanka in the two world wars and in the civil war .

Another memorial plaque is placed in the entrance area of the Navarangahala. The names of 47 Old Royalists who fell in service during the Civil War are immortalized there. The first War Memorial Panel was unveiled on the second term in 1933 by Sir Graeme Tyrrell , Chief Secretary of Ceylon.

history

The founder Robert Wilmot-Horton , governor of Ceylon.

Old College Building (1911–1921), now a building of the University of Colombo .

In 1835 the Reverend Joseph Marsh started a private school on the back porch of the church known as the Hill Street Academy . Twenty students from wealthy families in the community around Hill Street, Pettah were accepted.

In the course of the year, Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton , the then British Governor of Ceylon , founded the Colombo Academy, an English public school modeled on Eton College , on the recommendation of the Colebrooke Commission . Marsh was hired as the headmaster at state expense. The governor was the school patron. The aim was to provide the children of leading Ceylonese with an education that would make them fit as citizens of the British Empire . The school became the most important public school in Ceylon and a model for other government schools . At first the school was located in Maradana (near Hulftsdorp ). In 1836 it moved to San Sebastian Hill , Pettah, where it existed for 75 years before being relocated to Thurstan Road . Although the college initially had close ties to Anglicanism , it has been a secular school since 1836 .

In 1859 the "Queens College, Colombo" was founded as the first institute of higher education in Ceylon. It was affiliated with the University of Calcutta and prepared students from the Colombo Academy for the Entrance Examinations of English universities. In 1865, the Morgan Committee of Inquiry into Education recommended restructuring and the introduction of scholarships for the University of Oxford . Ultimately, Queens College was merged with the Colombo Academy in 1869.

The Colombo Academy's first hostel (dormitories) was built in San Sebastian in 1868. The school became one of the first boarding schools in Ceylon.

In 1881 the name was changed to "Royal College Colombo" with the royal consent of Queen Victoria . The publication of the Gazette with confirmation by the Queen appeared on July 31, 1881. In the same year the first Cadet Battalion was formed in Ceylon and incorporated into the Ceylon Light Infantry . The Royal College Union was founded in 1891 as the country's first alumni society.

In 1911 work began on a new building (today: Old Royal College Building, University of Colombo ) on Reid Avenue . In November 1911, while it was still under construction, the building was hit by an airplane when an attempt was made to set the record for the first crossing of Ceylon. On August 27, 1913, the school was moved to the new building. Ten years later (October 10, 1923) she moved into the newly built Victorian-style building a few hundred meters further on Reid Avenue, which still houses parts of the school today. This move was initiated by a proposal from the Higher Education Committee in 1914. It was suggested that the Royal College be converted into a University College. But votes against, especially from former students in the Royal College Union , such as Frederick Dornhorst KC , prompted the then Governor of Ceylon , Lord Robert Chalmers , to found an independent University College , University College Colombo , a college that was housed in the old buildings the school was housed and developed into the University of Colombo .

With the introduction of free education in Ceylon in 1931, the school fees of the Royal College were abolished and education is still provided there free of charge.

The quadrangle.

The oldest school building, the former hostel, today grade 8 building.

In 1940 the school was relocated. When the Second World War broke out , the British Army moved into the building where a military hospital was set up (1941) and later also a barracks. The Principal EL Bradby worked to ensure that classes could continue unhindered. He moved the students to four private villas on Turret Street : the Turret House , Carlton Lodge , Sudarshan House, and Firdoshi House . In 1942, grades 1 to 3 were relocated to Glendale Bungalow in Bandarawela in the Hill Country.

By decree of the State Council of Ceylon in 1945, religious instruction was also offered at the school.

In 1945, after the war ended, the school was relocated to its old premises on Reid Avenue and the Hill School was closed.

In August 1977 the Royal Preparatory School was merged with the Royal College and the current elementary school was created. This also created the Navarangahala National Theater.

Five years earlier, on May 22, 1972, the members of the House of Representatives of the Dominion of Ceylon had met in the Royal Primary School Hall (Navarangahala) and enacted the republican constitution that established the Republic of Sri Lanka .

Traditions

The college motto on the facade of the main building.

The college's motto is “Disce aut Discede”, Latin for “learn or soft”. The motto is linked to the high academic standard that has been maintained at the school for over 180 years. The first mention of the motto goes back to the tenure of Principal George Todd (1871–1878). “Floreat”, Latin for “bloom!” Is also a motto that has been associated with the school since the Colombo Academy was founded in 1836. It is based on "Floreat Etona", the motto of Eton College .

College song

The school song is School of Our Fathers . It is sung at the beginning of the school day and on important occasions. The text was written by Major HL Reed , the school principal from 1927. The music was edited by S. Schmid .

In 1968, WA Wickramasena and SJF Dissanayake wrote a shorter version of the song in Sinhala on the instructions of the school principal. This version is played at the end of the school day.

Prefectorial system

In addition to teachers, there are four categories of senior students who are responsible for discipline at the school. Boys who belong to the top category of student leaders , the prefects, wear a silver college badge on their white uniforms.

The four categories are:

“Senior Prefect”: Member of the Prefects' Council . Selected on the basis of grades, secondary and extracurricular performance, the Senior Prefects are appointed on a trial basis after completing the exams at the school (GCE Advanced Level). Only a few boys are selected from among them as Senior Prefect . Since they have passed their final exams, they are older and have more authority than any other student. You will stay at the school for another year and supervise and support all academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular events. The Head Prefect is elected from the group of Senior Prefects, who heads all the other Prefects of the College, as well as the Prefects' Top Board , which consists of the Head Prefect (HP), the Senior Deputy Head Prefect (SDHP) and five Deputy Head Prefects ( DHPs, deputies). Important prefects were Junius Richard Jayewardene , Sepala Attygalle , Ranjan Madugalle and Neville Kanakeratne .

“Steward”: Stewards are selected from students in Grade 12 (senior) and After O / L period (junior) . They support the senior prefects in monitoring the discipline in the upper school (grades 10, 11).

“Junior Prefects” are selected from students in Grade 9 (up to 1998 also Grade 8). Their authority is limited to middle school students (grades 6-9).

"Primary Prefects" are selected from grade 5 students. Their authority is limited to primary school students (grades 1-5).

Houses

One of the Boake Gates with the pre-1954 school badge, the Tudor Crown .

The students are divided into a house system with five houses. Four of them were founded in 1918 by Principal Hartley. At that time they were named "Cinnamon Gardens", "Bambalapitiya North" and "Bambalapitiya South" as well as "Colpetty". They were renamed in 1921 by Principal Major HL Reed after the names of former school principals. In 1970 the fifth house was founded in memory of Reed himself. The houses are run by house captains and compete at the Inter-house Games. House colors are awarded to the winners. Today the houses are:

Hartley House

Colors: pink and blue
Founded: 1918

Harward House

Colors: pink and gray
Founded: 1918

Marsh House

Colors: pink and brown
Founded: 1918

Boake House

Colors: red and black
Founded: 1918

Reed House

Colors: red and white
Founded: 1970

Honors

Royal College Main Hall with the Prizes panel exhibition .

There are 165 different awards and honors at the school. The College Main Hall displays the names of the students who have won the Panel Prizes . The most competitive prize is the Dornhorst Memorial Prize . This award has been given to the most popular student since 1930 on the basis of a vote. He is reminiscent of Frederick Dornhorst KC. The second most coveted award is the Lalith Athulathmudali Memorial Prize for the most outstanding royalist of the year. The Turnour Prize , in memory of George Turnour , is the oldest of the Panel Prizes. The Turnour Prize was first awarded to Charles Ambrose Lorensz in 1846 and is awarded annually to the best student in terms of academic work. In 1876 another Panel Prize, the Lorensz Scholarship , was introduced. It is awarded annually to the best all-rounder with the best achievements in science and sport.

These prizes are presented at an award ceremony under the patronage of the President of Sri Lanka (formerly the Governor of Ceylon).

The Royal Crown , the most prestigious honor an athlete can achieve in college, is awarded each year at Colors Night to an athlete who has achieved outstanding success in his sport. Sporting Colors are awarded to other athletes.

Scholarships and Awards

price	Introductory year
Turnour Prize	1846–
Senior Mathematical Prize	1846-1934
Shakespeare Prize	1870-1932
English University Scholarship	1870-1926
Lorensz Scholarship	1876
Director's Prize	1883-1921
De Soysa Science Prize	1893
Sir James Peiris Memorial Prize	1905
Donald Obeyesekere Prize	1912
F Dadabhoy Memorial Prize	1922
The Governor's Prize	1922-1947
CM Fernando Memorial Prize	1925
Harward Memorial Prize	1926-1963
Steward's Prize	1929
Dornhorst Memorial Prize	1930
Gate Mudaliar RE Gooneratne Memorial Prize	1933
GL Rupasinghe Memorial Prize	1934
Dr FE Weerasooriya Memorial Prize	1934
Canon Lucien Jansz Memorial Prize	1934
Adigar A Sellamuttu Prize	1935
Ruby Andries Memorial Prize	1935
Stubbs Prize	1935-1970
Sir Edward Denham Memorial Prize	1939
Dr CA Hewavitarane Memorial Prize	1942
Cecil Perera Memorial Scholarship	1944
The Governor General's Prize	1947-1972
Peter De Abrew Memorial Scholarship	1948
Dr HLH De Mel Memorial Prize	1948
Earle De Zoysa Memorial Prize	1952
PU Ratnaunga Prize	1952
JN Jinendradasa Memorial Prize	1954
EW Perera Memorial Memorial Scholarship	1954
Dudley KG De Silva Prize	1957
RH Wickramasinghe Memorial Prize	1957
Tissa Wickramasinghe Memorial Prize	1963
Amal De Mel Memorial Prize	1966
Harsha Panditha Gunawardena Memorial Scholarship	1967
TD Jayasooriaya Memorial Prize	1970
Mudaliyar LC Wijesinghe Prize	1970
The President's Prize	1973
Omeon Mendis Memorial Scholarship	1973
1927 Group Scholarship	1978
George Rajapakse Memorial Scholarship	1973
Ajantha Wijesena Scholarship	1978
Sir Henry De Mel Memorial Prize	1983
Lalith Athulathmudali Memorial Prize	1994
JR Jayawardene Memorial Prize	1997

Trophies and sports grants

Col. TG Jayawardena Memorial Shield
Maalin Dias Sports Scholarship
EL Bradby - JCA Corea Prize
Grp. Capt. DS Wickremasinghe Memorial Prize

Sports and extracurricular activities

Exercise is an important part of the Royal College. More than 21 different sports are offered. The main events of the sporting year are the Royal-Thomian ( Big Match ), the Bradby Shield Encounter and the Royal Thomian Regatta . Royal College was always at its best at all school sporting events.

Among the offered sports: athletics , archery , badminton , baseball , basketball , boxing , chess , cricket , cycling , fencing , gymnastics , hockey , karate , Shooting (rifle shooting), Rowing ( Royal College Rowing Club ), Rugby Union , Football , Sailing , squash , swimming / diving, table tennis , tennis , volleyball , water polo and wushu .

Royal Thomian

A school flag at the 128th Royal Thomian .

Cricket has been played at the school since 1838 and the Royal College Cricket Club was founded in 1878 by Ashley Walker . The big annual cricket match, The Big Match, against traditional school rival S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia is the longest uninterrupted series of cricket matches in the world. The first match was between Colombo Academy and S. Thomas' College , Mutwal - Modara , in 1879. At that time the headmasters took part as well as the students. From 1880, however, only schoolchildren were allowed.

By 2006, the score was even, as both schools had won 33 matches and 61 games were drawn. Before the match, the Cycle Parade is usually held , which was originally intended as an encouragement. The house of the respective captain is visited.

Royal-Trinity Bradby Shield Encounter

The annual Bradby Shield Encounter is a rugby friendly match against befriended, rival Trinity College, Kandy . It is the most demanding competition for schools' rugby in Sri Lanka. Rugby was introduced at Royal College in 1916 and the first match against Trinity was played in 1920. The Bradby Shield was donated in 1945 by the outgoing Principal of the Royal College, EL Bradby. Since 1945 there have been two matches a year, one in Kandy and the other in Colombo. The shield will be awarded to the school with the highest total score in the two games.

The centenary was celebrated as the second game of 1983 with the guest of honor EL Bradby himself. The 150th game was played in 2008.

The game double in 2002 brought the highest number of points for Royal, by Zulki Hamid, who presented in the first game (39-00) and a second win (44-00) in Kandy (83-00). The Royal College rugby team was the premier team in all of Sri Lanka in the 21st century.

Royal-Thomian Regatta

Two of the Royal College in the foreground when winning the 2007 Junior Pairs.

Royal College was the first school to start its own rowing program in 1953. The Regatta is now the annual regatta between Royal College and S. Thomas' College. The four-man race began in 1962. Since 1966, the competition has been held in 6 races: 2 single sculls , 2 coxless pairs and 2 coxed fours . The races take place every October on Beira Lake , (by the Colombo Rowing Club buildings ) in Colombo. The overall winner receives the TN Fernando Trophy .

In 2007 the Royal College team under Captain Maalik Aziz achieved an outstanding success with 40-0. The Royal College Crew set records in all six races and an overall record for the race of 3 min 11 s (the previous record was 3 min 19 s).

free time activities

Clubs and Societies

The College Magazine and Library were the first to be established in 1837. Today there are over 40 clubs and societies.

Expeditions

The Adventure Club has already organized several expeditions: 1996 Himalaya , 2001 Gokyo Ri

music

Entrance to the Navarangahala.

The college has a strong musical orientation, both in western and oriental music. The Royal College Choir and Royal College Orchestra , both members of the Western Music Society (Royal College Music Society), have a long and rich history. Concerts are held at College Hall , Navarangahala, and more recently at Nelum Pokuna Performing Arts Theater . There are several marching bands including the Senior Cadet Band Platoon , Middle School Western Band , Junior Western Band, and Oriental Band .

The annual music festival SAGA , which is organized by the School Development Society with the support of the alumni, has become a permanent fixture in Colombo's cultural calendar.

play

The English Drama Society (Royal College Dramatic Society) and Sinhala Drama Society stage several plays each year. Sinhala and Tamil plays are performed in the main theater, the Navarangahala. The auditorium is designed to provide an open-air atmosphere in accordance with Natya Shastra . English pieces are performed at the Lionel Wendt Art Center near the school. The Little Theater is currently used by the Royal College Film Society for screenings. It also regularly performs productions by alumni organized by the Old Royalists Association of Dramatists and the Royal College Union .

Cadet contingent

The Royal College Cadet Corps is the oldest school cadet contingent in Sri Lanka. It was the first cadet battalion founded in a school in Ceylon in 1881 and attached to the Ceylon Light Infantry . It was later renamed the Royal College Volunteer Corps and joined the Ceylon Defense Force (Ceylon Volunteers) by the Volunteer Gazette of 1905 . In 1979 a Senior Cadet Band Platoon was introduced. In 2007, the Royal College was one of two schools in the country to set up the first Air Force Cadet Platoon .

Both the Cadet Contingent and the Senior Cadet Band Platoon have performed well and are considered two of the best units in the country. The Cadet Contingent has won the Hermanloose Trophy several times , the Senior Cadet Band Platoon has won the Lt. Gen. TI Weerathunga Trophy won.

School magazines

College Magazine dates back to 1837 when, under the aegis of Headmaster Rev. Joseph Marsh, The Colombo Academy Miscellany and Juvenile Repository was published monthly. The Royal College Magazine , the official school magazine, was first published in 1893 and printed by the Times of Ceylon Press at the time . The first editor was Edward Walter Perera . The magazine was printed by the school press and edited by students until the 1970s. The publication was resumed in 1993 and continues to this day. Editors included Junius Richard Jayewardene , Christopher Weeramantry , Lalith Athulathmudali , MC Sansoni , NE Weerasooriya , FC de Saram , Pieter Keuneman , Lakshman Wickremasinghe , Neville Kanakeratne and B St. E de Bruin .

The Royalist is the school newspaper that appears quarterly.

Personalities

principal

Rev. Joseph H. Marsh Sen. was the first Headmaster (Colombo Academy). Since the appointment of JF Haslam in 1948, the post has been referred to as a "Principal". JCA Corea became the first Ceylonese as principal in 1946.

Alumni

Former students are known as Old Royalists .

Junius Richard Jayewardene , first Executive President of Sri Lanka
Muhammad Fareed Didi , Sultan of the Maldives
General Sir John Lionel Kotalawela , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Ranil Wickremesinghe , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Sir James Peiris , Acting Governor of Ceylon.

Numerous leaders of the Sri Lankan independence movement were also students at the Royal College. Amongst other things:

Other alumni:

Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe , President of the United Nations General Assembly
Gamani Corea Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD)
Christopher Weeramantry , Vice President of the International Court of Justice
Sir Nicholas Attygalle , First Vice Chancellor of Sri Lanka
VK Samaranayake , Founder of the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC)
Mohan Munasinghe , Deputy Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
General Deshamanya Sepala Attygalle

Junius Richar Jayewardene First Executive President of Sri Lanka
Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam
Ranil Wickramasinghe Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Royal College Union

The Royal College Union (RCU) is the alumni association (old boys' association). It was founded in 1891 and is the oldest and most important alumni society in Sri Lanka. The RCU organizes numerous sporting events annually including Royal-Thomian , Bradby Shield Encounter , Royal Thomian Regatta, as well as national initiatives such as EDEX (the largest training fair in Sri Lanka) and development projects for the college.

School partnerships and relationships

The Royal College has a friendly rivalry with S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, as well as close ties with Trinity College, Kandy .

In 1945 the Minister of Education C. WW Kannangara initiated the Madhya Maha Vidyalaya (central colleges) as part of the Free Education policy to provide further education to the rural masses. These schools were structured on the model of the Royal College. There are now several schools that have adopted the name “Royal College” after gaining independence in 1972, but none have any connection to the Royal College Colombo.

Popular culture

In Martin Wickramasinghe's novel Kaliyugaya , the character Allan is a former student. The novel was made into a film by Lester James Peries .
In the last part of Carl Muller's trilogy Once Upon a Tender Time , a central character "Carlaboy von Bloss" is a student at the Royal College.
In Nihal De Silva's novel The Giniralla Conspiracy , both the protagonist “Mithra Dias” and the antihero “Kumudu Prasanna” are former students of the Royal College.
In Martin Wickramasinghe's novel Yuganthaya , the character Malin is a former student. The novel was made into a film by Lester James Peries.
In Madhubahashini Disanayaka Ratnayaka's novel There is Something I Have to Tell You , the character “Janendra 'Janu' Samarawickrama” is an old royalist.

literature

SS Perera: History of Royal College.
ML Fernando: History of Royal College - 1985 to 2010.
DL Seneviratne: The Royal College "School of our Fathers". Colombo, Lake House.

Individual evidence

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↑ 'Sobha 2012'; National Environment day celebrations held at Royal College. Royal College Union, archived from the original on July 25, 2012 ; accessed on June 13, 2020 .

↑ Peterite domination Continues in schools Tennis for 5th consecutive year. In: Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) July 24, 2011.

↑ ^a ^b Sri Lanka's 'Eton' celebrates its 175th birthday. In: BBC News February 6, 2010.

↑ Chathura Pinnawala: Dynamic Trinity take wind out of Royal's unbeaten sails. In: The Island. June 17, 2012, archived from the original on May 17, 2014 ; accessed on June 24, 2021 .

^ Royal College: Life at Royal

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^ History of 'The Bradby Shield'. In: The Nation (Sri Lanka) June 8, 2008.

^ Microsoft puts Royal College among world's most innovative schools. In: Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) November 8, 2009.

^ The day the Royalists stole the Thomian Thunder: Guneratne Trophy '92. In: Daily FT July 14, 2012.

↑ Rukshan Razak: Trinity retain the Bradby. In: The Island (Sri Lanka) July 1, 2012.

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^ Royal College among world's best schools: Royal remains supreme . sundayobserver.lk, Samangie Wettimuny.

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^ ^A ^b ^c Ministry of Education: Historical Overview of Education in Sri Lanka, The British Period: (1796–1948) ( Memento of June 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) July 7, 2009.

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↑ Those good ole days! Retrieved June 13, 2020 .

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^ Conquering the skies. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .

^ Ceylon's first flights. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .

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↑ Thurstan College 55th Founder's Day - Jan. 11 ( July 6, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ) July 6, 2007.

↑ May 22: Sri Lanka's Republic Day , Sundayobserver.

^ Prefects and Stewards .

↑ Devotion and sacrifice: secret of success, Head Prefect of Royal College speaks of his challenging school career .

↑ PM joins fellow Royalists in loyalty pledge . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2

↑ Tamil Union felicitates Tambyah Murugaser .

↑ royalcollegerowing.org .

↑ 131st Battle Of The Blues. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .

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