Glendale Bungalow was a

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near

Bandarawela Bandarawela ( Sinhala : බණ්ඩාරවෙල, pronounced ; Tamil: பண்டாரவெல) is the second largest town in the Badulla District which is away from Badulla. Bandarawela is away from Colombo and about away from Kandy, ...

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. It is now part of the

Bandarawela Central College ''Bandarwela Madya Maha Vidyalaya'' (Bandarawela Central College) is a public school in Uva province, Sri Lanka which was founded in 1942 as a section of Royal College Colombo. A national school, controlled by the central government (as opposed ...

History

At the height of

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, school children where evacuated from

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

after it was bombed by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1942. Many of the prominent schools of Colombo were shifted to the relatively safer Bandarawela town. In 1942 forms 1 - 3 of

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were moved from its temporary premises in a

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on Turret Road, Colombo to the Glendale Bungalow in Bandarawela. Later in 1944, the

Royal Preparatory School Royal Preparatory School (also known as ''Royal Primary School'' or ''Royal Junior School'') was a preparatory school in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Its grounds and buildings now form the primary school of the Royal College Colombo. History ...

was also shifted to Glendale. The school functioned as the Bandarawela branch of Royal College, Colombo until 1948, when the sections were moved back to Colombo. After the departure of Royal College, a new school was established at the vacant premises. Glendale along with of surrounding land was given to the new school by Mr Hoak. In 1954, the

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Sir

John Kotelawala General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala ( si, ශ්‍රිමත් ජෝන් ලයනල් කොතලාවල; 4 April 1897 – 2 October 1980) was a Sri Lankan statesman, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) fro ...

declared open the college main hall and two storied building and in 1958, it was named as Bandarawela Senior School and after 1972, it became the Bandarwela Madya Maha Vidyalaya (Bandarawela Central College).History of Bandarawela Central College

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* Royal College, Colombo Country houses in Sri Lanka Bandarawela Central College Houses in Badulla District {{SriLanka-struct-stub

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