Kalutara Vidyalaya ( si, කළුතර විද්‍යාලය) is a

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boys' school in

Kalutara Kalutara ( si, කළුතර, ta, களுத்துறை) or Kalutota is a major city in Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is also the administrative capital of Kalutara District. It is located approximately south o ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. The college was founded in 1941 by Sir

Cyril De Zoysa Sir Cyril de Zoysa ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් සිරිල් ද සොයිසා) (26 October 1896 – 2 January 1978) was a Sri Lankan industrialist, Senator and a philanthropist. The President of the Senate of Ceylon from 1 ...

. It is a national school providing primary and secondary education.

History

Kalutara Vidyalaya was founded in

on 13 January 1941 by Sir

. The college was formed as the twin brother of Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya, the girls' school. On 13 January 1941 the college officially started with 11 teachers and 56 students. After only six months, the college became a senior secondary school. At the beginning, Kalutara Vidyalaya at the Martin Bungalow was a mixed school. On 7 January 1942, Kalutara Balika was established in Clammily House by P. de S. Kularatne, so Kalutara Vidyalaya became a boys' school. The first chapter of Kalutara Vidyalaya ended on 18 March 1942, when the

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took the school for their use during

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. After a short break, Kalutara Vidyalaya was restarted at Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya. Sir Cyril De Zoysa noticed that it is hard to develop two schools and handed over his Brookline House to the Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya. In April 1946, the college began free education and was handed over to the government. In 1998 the college became a National School. Today the school has about 3,500 students and more than 120 teachers. Cyril de Zoysa Statue

First staff

* D. D. P. Samaraweera – Principal * Al-Haj Badurdeen – Vice Principal (former Ministry of Education) * A. Athukorala – first Art teacher * Prasanna 'Perry' Perera – first student of the Kalutara Vidyalaya

Houses

The boys are divided into four houses, led by house captains. The houses compete in inter-house games and house colours are awarded to winners. The houses are: *Sena (brown) *Tissa (red) *Tilaka (orange) *Anura (white)

Principals

*01. D. P. Samaraweera *02. H. M. Darmapriya *03. C. D. S. Siriwardane *04. Layanal Lokuliyane *05. M. B. Rathnayake *06. D. A. Weerasinghe *07. Dencil A. Silva *08. Upali Philip Senarathne *09. Gamini Goonerathne *10. A. G. de Silva *11. A. G. Weththasinghe *12. Thanthirige D. Ariyasena *13. H. Sarathchndra Silva *14. P. W. Nelson Perera *15. Mithrasena Ratiyala *16. K. A. D. Punyadasa *17. I. D. Piyarathne *18. Mahanama Siriwardena *19. H. M. Gunarathne *20. K. Rathnaweera Perera *21. H. Sarathchndra Silva *22. K. I. J. Peiris *23. M.Harshana Peiris

Battle of the Mangosteen

The annual cricket encounter between Kalutara Vidyalaya and Tissa Central College, known as the "Battle of the Mangosteen", has been held since 1949. It is the second-oldest

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between the two leading

schools in Sri Lanka and the 11th-oldest school cricket encounter in Sri Lanka.

Notable alumni

W. D. Amaradeva Sri Lankabhimanya Wannakuwattawaduge Don Albert Perera ( si, වන්නකුවත්තවඩුගේ දොන් ඇල්බට් පෙරේරා; ta, டபிள்யூ. டி. அமரதேவா; 5 December 1927 – 3 Nov ...

– Sri Lankan vocalist, musician, violinist and musical composer. *

Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...

– Sri Lankan cricketer (former captain of the

Sri Lanka national cricket team The Sri Lanka men's national cricket team, ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායම, ta, இலங்கை தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணி) nicknamed The Lions ...

) * Somawansha Amarasinghe – former leader of

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; ) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party and a former militant organization in Sri Lanka. The movement was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 (SLFP), and anot ...

Narada Disasekara Narada Disasekara (7 June 1933 – 19 May 2010) was a Sri Lankan classical singer. He was the first singer to win the Sarasaviya Award when he was awarded for Best Male Playback Singing in 1964 for his duet ''Galana Gangaki Jeevithe'' with a young ...

– Sri Lankan classical singer * Raj Somadeva – professor of archaeology *

Stanley Tillekeratne Stanley Tillekeratne ( Sinhala: ස්ටැන්ලි තිලකරත්න) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්� ...

– Sri Lankan politician * Shelley Wickramasinghe – former Sri Lankan cricketer, Chairman of the National Sports Council, vice-president of Sri Lanka Cricket *

Daya Alwis Thuiappuarachchi Don Daya de Alwis (born 7 November 1942 – died 27 April 2015 as දයා අල්විස්) inhala, popularly known as Daya Alwis, was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He was also a screenwrite ...

– actor in Sri Lankan cinema *

Wilson Gunaratne Wilson Gunaratne (born March 9, 1949, as විල්සන් ගුණරත්න inhala is an actor and comedian in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. He is most notable for the role ''Kodithuwakku'' in television comedy sitcom ...

– actor in Sri Lankan cinema *

Athma Liyanage Athma Liyanage is a Sri Lankan singer and songwriter. He became popular in the early 90s with the song 'Liyathambara'. He gained popularity with the Millennial generation with his new songs 'Ayemath adaren' and 'Sitha dura handa'. Discography Si ...

– Sri Lankan singer and songwriter *

Dulip Liyanage Dulip Kapila Liyanage (born 6 June 1972) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. International career Liyanage made his Test debut in the same Test ...

– former Sri Lankan cricketer *

Lalith Kaluperuma Lalith Wasantha Silva Kaluperuma (born 25 June 1949, Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan Test cricketer and ODI cricketer, who played first-class cricket from 1970 to 1983. He played in Sri Lanka's first Test team in 1982. Cricket career Kaluperum ...

– former Sri Lankan cricketer * Sujeewa de Silva – former Sri Lanka cricketer *

Malinga Bandara Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara (born 31 December 1979), commonly known as Malinga Bandara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats. He is a right-handed batsman and also bowls legbreaks. He studied at the Kalutara ...

– former Sri Lankan cricketer *

Milinda Siriwardana Tisse Appuhamilage Milinda Siriwardana, commonly as Milinda Siriwardana (born 4 December 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for limited over formats. He is a left-hand batsman and a left-arm spinner. He is playing Test, O ...

– Sri Lankan cricketer *

Ravindra Kottahachchi Ravindra Kottahachchi (born 2 August 1975) is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire. He has umpired in domestic matches in cricket tournaments in Sri Lanka, such as the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament and the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament. In March ...

– Sri Lankan cricket umpire *

Rohitha Kottahachchi Rohitha Kottahachchi (born 9 August 1971) is a Sri Lankan former first class cricketer. He is now an umpire An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including spor ...

– Sri Lankan cricket umpire *

Himasha Eashan Himasha Eshan Waththakankanamge is a Sri Lankan sprint athlete specializing in the 200 and 100 metres. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He held the South Asian and Sri Lankan records in the 100 m sprint with the time of 10.26 seconds, until ...

– athlete * Channa Jayasumana – professor, Faculty of Medicine, Rajarata University * Rangika Halwatura – youngest professor of Civil Engineering in Sri Lanka * Manilal Fernando – former international football official *

Hettikamkanamge Perera Crishantha Dilan Perera Hettikankanamge (born 19 September 1978) is a Sri Lankan professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2004.FIFA"Sri Lanka: Referees" He refereed some matches in AFC Champions League ...

– Sri Lankan professional football referee *

Pathum Nissanka Pathum Nissanka Silva (born 18 May 1998) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka in all three formats of the game. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in March 2021 and currently slotted as the pe ...

– Sri Lankan cricketer

References

External links

Old Boys Association Website
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