List of Royal College Colombo alumni explained

This is a list of alumni of Royal College Colombo in Sri Lanka, often called "Old Royalists".

Heads of State

!Name!Notability!References
J.R JayawardenePresident (1978–1989), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1977–1978), member of Parliament (1947 - 1956, 1960 - 1976, 1977 - 1978), member of State Council (1943 - 1947)
Ranil WickremasinghePresident (2022–2024), Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1993 - 1994, 2001 - 2004, 2015 - 2019, 2022 - 2022), member of Parliament (1977 - 2020, 2021 - 2022)[1]
Maumoon Abdul GayoomPresident of the Maldives (1978–2008)
Muhammad Fareed DidiSultan of the Maldives (1954–1968)[2]

Heads of Government

!Name!Notability!References
Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953 - 1956), member of Parliament for Dodangaslanda (1947 - 1959), member of State Council (1931 - 1947)
Dinesh GunawardenaPrime Minister (2022 - 2024), member of Parliament (1983 - 1994, 2000 - Present)

Royalty

!Name!Notability!References
Prince Henveyru Ganduvaru ManippuluCrown Prince of the Maldives
Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Finance, Minister of State and Plenipotentiary Representative in Ceylon

National politics

Ministers and legislators

Current

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Leader of the Opposition, Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister[3]
Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister
Member of Parliament and former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs [4]

Former

Pre-Independence
Post-Independence
NameNotabilityReference(s)
Prime Minister and Member of Parliament[18]
[19]
[20]
Member of Parliament and former State Minister of National heritage, rural arts[21]
Member of Parliament and former State Minister of Rural irrigation and tanks development
Member of Parliament and former State Minister of Law and Order
Member of Parliament and former State Minister of Highways
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament[22]
Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister of Media and Parliament Rehabilitation
Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister of Public Enterprise Development
Member of Parliament and former State Minister of Law and Order
Member of Parliament and former Deputy Minister of State entrepreneurship (note: also listed in Industrialists)
[23]

Judiciary

Chief Justices
Acting Chief Justices
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court
Judges of the Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka
Other judges

Provincial and local government

Governors

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Lieutenant General Commander of the Army (1985 - 1988), Governor of North East Province (1988 - 1993)
Member of Parliament for Moratuwa (1977 - 1989), Governor of North East Province (1993 - 1994)[42]
Governor of Southern Province (1995 - 1999)
Member of Parliament – National List (2010 - present), Governor of Western Province (1994)
Governor of Western Province (2024)

Chief Ministers and Provincial Councilors

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Chief Minister – Northern Province (2013 - present), Supreme Court Judge (2001 - 2004)
Chief Minister – Western Province (1988 - 1993), member parliament - Colombo (1994 - 2000)
Acting Chief Minister – Uva Province, Uva Provincial Councilor (2016 - 2017)
Sabaragamuwa Provincial Councilor (1988 - 1993), acting Diyawadana Nilame – Temple of the Tooth (1975 - 2005)
Member of Parliament for Gampha (2015 - present), Western Provincial Councilor (2014 - 2015)[43] [44]

Mayors

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Mayor of Colombo (1938 - 1939)
Mayor of Colombo (1951)[45]
H. Lalith R. J. NonisMayor of Moratuwa (1991 - 1995)[46]
Mayor of Colombo (1999 - 2002)
Mayor of Colombo (2002 - 2006)
Mayor of Jaffna (1950 - 1951)
Mayor of Medway
Inaugural Mayor of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia (1961 - 1971)[47] [48]

Municipal Councilors

Diplomats

Civil servants

Military

Army

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Major General, Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1966–1967)
General, Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1967–1977), Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Equerry The Queen (1953)
General, Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1981–1985), GOC Joint Operations Command
General, Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (2007–2013), Chief of Defence Staff[72]
General, Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (1985–1988)
General, Commander of the Sri Lankan Army (2015–2017), Chief of Defence Staff[73]
Major General, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army
Major General, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army (1995 - 1997)
Major General, Commandant, Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force (2007 - 2010), Vice Chancellor/Commandant General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University[74]
Major General, Commandant Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force, Director National Cadet Corps (1994 - 1999)[75]
Major General, Commander Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna
Major General, Commander Security Forces Headquarters – Jaffna (2009 - present)[76]
Major General Commander Security Forces Headquarters – East (2007 - 2008)
Major General, Commander Security Forces Headquarters – Mullaitivu, Master-General of the Ordnance, Director Operations, General Staff[77]
Major General, Director Operations General Staff, Commandant Sri Lanka Military Academy[78]
Major General, Director Operations General Staff, Commandant Army Training Centre, Commander Northern Command[79]
Major General, Deputy GOC 54 Division
Major General, Director Army Medical Services and Colonel Commandant of the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps[80]
Major General, Chief Field Engineer Sri Lanka Army (2010 - present)[81]
Major General, Master-General of the Ordnance[82]
Brigadier, Brigade commander 54-1 brigade – 54 Division [83]
Brigadier, Chief of Civil Defence, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Internal Security
Brigadier, Commander Security Forces Headquarters - East, Commandant Army Training Centre
Brigadier, Deputy Commandant Army Command and Staff College[84]
Brigadier, Commandant School of Military Engineering, Director Recruitment[85]
Brigadier, Sri Lanka Army Ordnance Corps, founder Sri Lanka Rifle Corps
Brigadier, Quartermaster-General, Adjutant General
Colonel, first commanding officer Ceylon Artillery, leader of the attempted military coup (1962)
Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding officer, Ruhunu Regiment, Vice President, World Veterans Federation (1961 - 1963)

Navy

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Admiral, Chief of the Defence Staff (2017 - 2019), Commander of Navy (2015 - 2017), Director General of the Sri Lanka Coast Guard[86]
Admiral, Commander of Navy (1973 - 1979)
Admiral, Commander of Navy (2009–2011)[87]
Vice Admiral, Current Commander of Navy
Vice Admiral, Commander of Navy (1983 - 1986)
Rear Admiral, Commander of Royal Ceylon Navy (1960 - 1970)
Rear Admiral, Current Chief of Staff (2022 - Present)
Rear Admiral, Deputy Chief of Staff (2021 - 2022), Director General Operations Sri Lanka Navy (2020 - 2021)
Rear Admiral, Director Naval Training, Commander Southern Naval Area
Rear Admiral Judge Advocate of the Sri Lanka Navy, Attornery General (2012 - 2014), Solicitor General (2011 - 2012)[88] [89]
Commodore, Deputy Superintendent SLN Dockyard, Deputy Director Naval Projects and Plans
Commodore, Director Naval Inspectorate, Deputy Director Naval Operations [90]

Air Force

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Air Chief Marshall, Commander of the Air Force (1976 - 1981)
Air Chief Marshall, Commander of the Air Force (2011 - 2014)
Air Chief Marshall, Commander of the Air Force (2014 - 2015), Chief of the Defence Staff (2015 - present) [91]
Air Vice Marshall, Director Health Services – Sri Lanka Air Force (1992 - 2011)[92] [93]
Air Commodore, Commanding Officer – No. 1 Flying Training Wing
Air Vice Marshall, Director Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering – Sri Lanka Air Force[94]

Ceylon Defence Force

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Prime Minister of Ceylon (1953 - 1956), Member of Parliament - Dodangaslanda (1947 - 1959), Commanding Officer of the Ceylon Light Infantry
Member of the State Council of Ceylon (1933 - 1936), Commanding Officer of the Ceylon Light Infantry[95]

British Army

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Military Cross recipient – King's Royal Rifles World War I
Military Cross recipient – Royal Army Medical Corps World War I[96]

Police

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Inspector General of Police (1985 - 1988), Chairman National Savings Bank (1994 - 2002)[97]
Inspector General of Police (1963 - 1966)
Inspector General of Police (1978 - 1982), Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia (1982 - 1985)
Deputy Inspector General of Police, leader of Attempted military coup in 1962[98]
Deputy Inspector General of Police, leader of Attempted military coup in 1962[99]
First Ceylonese head of the Police Mounted Section, Olympic Lightweight Boxer (1948) [100]

Academics

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Vice-Chancellor University of Ceylon (1954 - 1967)
Vice-Chancellor University of Ceylon (1969 - 1971)
Chancellor Wayamba University (2008 - 2013), Vice Chancellor University of Peradeniya (1989 - 1991)
Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Vice Chancellor Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (2004 - 2010)
Vice Chancellor University of Kelaniya (2005 - 2008)
Vice Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna
Chancellor University of Peradeniya (2002 - 2005), Principal Sri Lanka Law College (1966 - 1974)[101]
Chancellor University of Jaffna (1984 - 2004)[102]
Chancellor Eastern University, Sri Lanka[103]

Scientists

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Physicist, academic, economist
Immunologist, biochemist, Chairman National Science Foundation
Director Industrial Technology Institute, former director, National Science Foundation
Astronomer, author, professor University of Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics [120]
[121]

Educationalists

NameNotabilityReference(s)
First Ceylonese Principal of Royal College, Colombo (1946 - 1953)
Principal of Royal College, Colombo (1954 - 1966)
Acting Principal of Royal College, Colombo (1938 - 1939)[122]
Industrialist, philanthropist, co-founder Musaeus College, Colombo
Member of Parliament for Colombo (2010 - present), founder Lyceum International School[123]

Public commissions and corporations

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Chancellor – Wayamba University, Vice Chancellor – University of Peradeniya (1989 - 1991)
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chairman Public Service Commission, Ambassador – People's Republic of China, Soviet Union[124]
[125]
Chairman Commission of Broadcasting (1953 - ?), Chairman Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (1962 - ?)
International test cricketer (1982 - 1986)

Industrialists and corporate executives

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Tea planter, banker, 19th-century entrepreneur, philanthropist
Tea planter, entrepreneur, philanthropist
Business magnate, banker, barrister, philanthropist
19th-century industrialist, lawyer, philanthropist, member Legislative Council (1921 - 1931)
Founder/chairman Upali Group
Chairman Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, founding chairman Ceylon Hotels Corporation (1967 - 1970)[126]
Chairman of MAS Holdings
Founding chairman DFCC Bank, appointed member of Parliament (1947 - ?)
Chairman John Keells Holdings (1990 - 2000), Bank of Ceylon (2000 - 2002), Ceylon Tobacco Company (2003 - 2008)
Chairman Singer Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Insurance, Nations Trust Bank, NDB Group[127]
Banker, philanthropist, chairman Commercial Bank, chairman United Motors Ltd, chairman International Chamber of Commerce[128]
Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (2004 - 2006), chairman Hayleys
Chairman Ceylinco Consolidated[129] [130] [131] [132]
National List (2010 - 2015), Colombo (2015 - present), Chairman ICTA, CEO National Development Bank
Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (2015 - 2016), Managing Director HSBC Private Bank[133]
Founder/chairman/CEO WSO2 Inc., founding member Lanka Software Foundation
Author, Investment Banker
Economist, senior International Monetary Fund official[134]
Entrepreneur, founder and chairman of e-commerce organization, kapruka.com
Entrepreneur, Founder of the "Road to Rights" youth-led organization and UN SDG action award winner.[135]

Sports

Sports administrators

NameNotabilityReference(s)
First President of the Ceylon Olympic and Empire Games Association (current National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka) (note: also listed in Legislators)
Former President of the National Olympic Committee of Ceylon (note: also listed in Legislators)
Former Secretary of the National Olympic Committee of Ceylon (note: also listed in Police)
Former President of the Board of Control for Cricket (1950–1952)
Former President of the Board of Control for Cricket (1976–1978), Ceylon cricketer (note: also listed in Military)
Former Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket, Sri Lanka team manager[136]
Current Chief Match Referee of the International Cricket Council
Former Sri Lankan cricket umpire and qualified scorer (note: also listed in Activists)[137]
Former Sri Lankan Rugby Captain, former President of the Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (SLRFU) (note: also listed in Medicine)

Sports

NameNotabilityReference(s)
International cricket player (1982 - 1988)
First-class cricket player (1950 - 1964)
First-class cricket player (1919 - 1935)
First-class cricket player (1933 - 1936)[138]
First-class cricket player
First-class cricket player
First-class cricket player (1957 - 1967)
International cricket player (Australia) (1979)
International cricket player (1982 - 1986)
First-class cricket player
International cricket player (1984)
One Day International cricket player (1979)[139]
International cricket player (1982)
International cricket player (1985 - 1986)
International cricket player (2002 - 2015)
First-class cricket player (1966 - 1974)
International cricket player (2015 - 2016)
First-class cricket player (1949 - 1952); international rugby player
British Empire Games athlete – 1938 (boxing – featherweight class) gold medal
British Empire Games athlete – 1950 (boxing – welterweight class) bronze medal
Olympic athlete – 2012 (badminton), Commonwealth Games athlete – 2014 (badminton)[140]
Olympic athlete – 1964 (50 metre rifle, prone), Commonwealth Games athlete [141]
Olympic athlete – 1952 (boxing, lightweight)[142]
Olympic athlete – 1924 Summer Olympics (tennis), Wimbledon Championships (1928 - 1938)
First-class cricketer for All-Ceylon and Cambridge University

Engineers

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Vice Chancellor University of Ceylon (1969 - 1971)
Chief Highway Engineer Department for Transport (UK)[143]
Civil engineer
Engineer, physicist, author

Legal

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms
Permanent Secretary Ministry of Justice, Executive Director Transparency International[144]
Attorney General (2021 - Present)[145]
Attorney General (2008 - 2011)[146] [147]
Attorney General (2000 - 2008), Chairman Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission[148]
Attorney General (1995 - 1996), Chairman Civil Aviation Authority (2003 - 2005, 2015 - present)
Solicitor General (1892 - 1902), member of Legislative Council (1911 - 1921, 1924 - 1930), unofficial member of Legislative Council (1879 - 1892, 1922 - 1924)
Solicitor General (1915 - 1917), Puisne Justice (1924 - 1935)
Solicitor General (1925 - 1928), Puisne Justice
Solicitor General (1952 - 1954), Puisne Justice (1956 - ?)
Solicitor General (1943 - 1945)[149]
Director Office of the Legal Counsel, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, member of United Nations International Law Commission
Chairman National Police Commission (2002 - ?), Director Public Prosecutions Attorney General's Department, President of Sri Lankan Bar Association (1991 - ?)
Chairman Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, member of United Nations Commission on Human Rights, President of Sri Lankan Bar Association [150]
Member of Senate of Ceylon (1947 - 1971), President Bar Council
Member of Parliament for Kurunegala (1947 - 1954?)
First King's Counsel of Ceylon
Queen's Counsel[151]
Queen's Counsel[152]
President's Counsel and Rhodes Scholar[153]
President's Counsel and President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka[154]
Registrar International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea[155]
First Ceylonese Crown Counsel[156]

Architects

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Architect
Landscape architect
Architect, town planner[157] [158]
Architect
National President of the American Institute of Architects (1997)

Medicine

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Member of Legislative Council of Ceylon (1921 - 1931), first Consultant Physician Colombo General Hospital, Registrar Ceylon Medical College
First President Ceylon College of Physicians, President Ceylon Medical Association
Surgeon, author, president of the Ceylon Branch British Medical Association[159]
[160]
President of Sri Lanka College of Physicians, founder of the Institute of Neurology[161]
Neurologist, Head of Department of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Professor of Medicine University of Sri Jayawardanapura, President Ceylon College of Physicians
Paediatrician, Dean Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo (2002 - 2005)<-- Reference: http://www.silumina.lk/2010/06/06/_art.asp?fn=ay1006061 -->
Physician, President of Ceylon College of Physicians (2004), Chairman National Research Council of Sri Lanka (2013–2019)
Physician, Vice-Chancellor University of Ruhuna
Obstetrician, gynaecologist, surgeon, Medical Director Asha Central Hospital, Chairman Sri Jayawardanapura General Hospital
Endocrinologist, founder Diabetes Association of Sri Lanka
Nephrologist, founder of Sri Lanka's first Dialysis Unit, President of Ceylon College of Physicians
Physician, medical administrator, president of Sri Lanka Medical Council
Physician, member University College Ceylon Council
Surgeon, President Sri Lankan Rugby Football Union (1998 - 1999)
Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Colombo, Physician first trained Nephrologist, President Sri Lanka Medical Council, Ceylon College of Physician, Founder National Institute Nephrology and Transplant Institute, Member Sri Lanka Medical Council

Media

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Non-official member Legislative Council of Ceylon (1856 - 1864), founder/managing editor Ceylon Examiner
Pioneer radio broadcaster/news director Radio Ceylon, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Ethnic Minorities Adviser to the BBC
Pioneer radio broadcaster Radio Ceylon, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
Pioneer radio broadcaster Radio Ceylon, Chairman Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (1984 - ?) [162]
Editor in Chief of Lake House/The Times of Ceylon, editor Ceylon Daily News[163]
Writer, poet, journalist[164]
Editor of The Times of Ceylon[165]
International journalist
Editor in Chief of the Sunday Observer (2006 - 2014)[166]

Arts

NameNotabilityReference(s)
19th-century Sinhala poet, writer
Author[167]
Author[168]
Writer, lecturer
Author, poet, journalist
Author, poet, journalist
Artist [169]
Author
Author
Artist, author, Sinhalese translator[170]
Orchestral conductor[171]
Violinist, composer[172]
Musician
Musician, singer
Musician, actor
19th-century painter[173]
Musician[174]
Composer, Music Director, Conductor

Activists

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Disability rights activist, Chief Executive / Secretary-General– Idiriya (2016 - present)[175]
General Secretary of the United Corporations and Mercantile Union

Religion

NameNotabilityReference(s)
Buddhist monk, founder of the first Buddhist television network The Buddhist[176]
First Bishop of Kurunegala (1950 - 1962), last Metropolitan Bishop of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (1962 - 1970)[177]
First Ceylonese Bishop of Colombo (1964 - 1971)
Archbishop of Perth (2005 - 2016), Bishop of Newcastle (1993 - 2005), Bishop of Waikato (1986 - 1992)
Chief Incumbent Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara (1992 - ?)[178]
Bishop of Kurunegala (1962 - 1983)
Bishop of Colombo (1971 - 1977)
Bishop of Colombo (1992 - 2001)
Anglican Bishop of Colombo (2001 - 2010)
Rural Dean of Colombo
Archdeacon of Jaffna (1925 - 1935), Archdeacon of Colombo (1935 - 1947)[179] [180]
Diyawadana Nilame (Chief lay Custodian) Temple of the Tooth, Kandy (1985 - 2005)

Old Royalists in fiction

Many fictional characters have been described as Old Royalists. These include:

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: 16 January 2008. Maldive students at Royal College Colombo 1920s. 10 September 2011. Maldivesroyalfamily.com.
  3. News: Sajith Premadasa: A mission to serve humanity . 21 July 2021 . Daily News.
  4. Web site: Harsha de Silva, Ph.D . Lirneasia.net . 1999-02-22 . 2011-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090306060518/http://lirneasia.net/profiles/harsha-desilva/ . 2009-03-06 .
  5. Book: J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka, By K. M. De Silva, William Howard Wriggins . 2011-09-10. 9780824811839 . De Silva . K. M. . Wriggins . William Howard . 1988 . University of Hawaii Press .
  6. Web site: OBEYESEKERE family . Rootsweb.ancestry.com . 2011-09-10.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20180613234306/https://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen197.html Maas Thajoon Akbar, KC 1880-1944
  8. Web site: A national hero is honoured in his home town . Thesundayleader.lk . 2011-09-10.
  9. https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2011/05/08/mon01.asp Not promoting the pretensions of' 'literary theory'
  10. http://www.tamilnation.org/nadesan/moldrich.htm This Man Nadesan: a Biographical Sketch
  11. Web site: Our educationists, Stamp News 53 . Sundaytimes.lk . 2011-09-10.
  12. Web site: Royal-Thomian tennis encounter . Sundaytimes.lk . 2000-11-12 . 2011-09-10.
  13. Web site: Obeyesekere family, Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy . Rootsweb.ancestry.com . 2011-09-10.
  14. http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20071111/letters.htm Deshamanya J.P. Obeyesekere
  15. Web site: Sri Lanka: The Untold Story . https://web.archive.org/web/20020103152932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html . unfit . 2002-01-03 . Atimes.com . 2011-09-10.
  16. http://www.pubad.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=100&lang=en Hon. Deputy Minister
  17. Web site: Cambridge captain, Sri Lanka's GaminiGoonasena . Island.lk . 1931-02-17 . 2011-09-10.
  18. Web site: Hon. Dinesh Gunawardena Foreign Minister . mfa.gov.lk . Foreign Ministry . 2 August 2021 . 19 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220419211930/https://mfa.gov.lk/minister-of-foreign-relations/ . dead .
  19. News: The Royal Cabinet . 2 August 2021 . Colombo Telegraph.
  20. Web site: Youthful Navin Niranjan Dissanayake is the Minister of Investment Promotion . Sundayobserver.lk . 2008-07-20 . 2011-09-10 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192837/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/07/20/mag01.asp . 2011-06-05 .
  21. News: 24 Royalists among the elected in new Parliament! - Numbers.lk . 21 July 2021 . numbers.lk.
  22. Web site: Wedding of Samanmali with son of Dinesh .... next week . gossiplankanews.com . 8 July 2016 . 2 August 2021.
  23. Web site: Mayantha Dissanayake . manthri.lk . 2 August 2021.
  24. Web site: Information Laboratories (Pvt.) Ltd. . The rise of Sinhala in our courts – Part II . Sundaytimes.lk . 1999-03-21 . 2011-09-10.
  25. http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=21281 Mohan Peiris sworn in as new Chief Justice
  26. https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2005/12/25/fea104.html D. A. Rajapaksa Memorial Oration delivered by Sam Wijesinghe
  27. Web site: Justice Wadugodapitiya retires . Dailynews.lk . 2012-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021221175205/http://www.dailynews.lk/2002/12/20/new20.html . 2002-12-21 .
  28. Book: THE EAGLE . April 1963 . MEMBERS OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE . CAMBRIDGE . 444–445 . 261 . 2 August 2021.
  29. Web site: Sri Lankan Sinhalese Family Genealogy, JAYEWARDENE . Rootsweb.ancestry.com . 2012-02-23.
  30. Web site: Welcome to two new SC Judges, by Sarath Malalasekera . Dailynews.lk . 2011-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629213804/http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/02/28/new24.html . 2011-06-29 .
  31. Web site: Democracy and co-existence in a pluralistic society . Dailynews.lk . 2001-11-05 . 2011-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629193917/http://www.dailynews.lk/2001/11/05/fea01.html . 2011-06-29 .
  32. http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=43193 "A Historic Injustice" In The Supreme Court - The Facts
  33. http://www.ceylondatabase.net/Articles.html Havelock Road
  34. Web site: An In-depth Interview with former Supreme Court Judge CV Wigneswaran . Transcurrents.com . 2011-12-15 . 2012-02-23 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20120118133420/http://transcurrents.com/news-views/archives/6722 . 2012-01-18 .
  35. Web site: Information Laboratories (Pvt.) Ltd. . The rise of Sinhala in our courts . Sundaytimes.lk . 1999-03-21 . 2012-02-23.
  36. Web site: S.S.Janagan in Colombo . Sri Lanka: SC stayed further proceedings of Magistrate's Court against Railway General Manager for bribery . Asiantribune.com . 2010-11-24 . 2012-02-23.
  37. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/150201/news/justice-sripavan-appointed-cj-44-133245.html Justice Sripavan appointed CJ 44
  38. Web site: BASL welcomes newAppeal Court Judge . Srilankatoday.com . 2009-02-24 . 2011-09-10.
  39. News: Law must be alive to changing needs of our country. Sunday Times. 10 July 2016. 21 January 2024. Press Reader.
  40. http://archives.dailynews.lk/2005/02/11/new19.html Bench, Bar welcome new Appeal Court President, Justices
  41. http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/6482/appeal-for-rape-conviction Appeal for rape conviction
  42. Web site: Tyronne Fernando dead . Dailynews.lk . 2011-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080302000455/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/02/27/news18.asp . 2008-03-02 .
  43. Web site: Harshana Rajakaruna attended the Executive Committee meeting of the IFLRY in Romania . Idlsrilanka.com . 2011-07-25 . 2012-02-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216023158/http://www.idlsrilanka.com/index.php/media-center/related-news/102-harshana-rajakaruna-president-of-liberal-youth-guild-was-invited-and-attended-theexecutive-committee-meeting-of-the-iflry-which-was-held-in-timisoara-romania . 2015-02-16 .
  44. http://www.lakbimanews.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2743%3Aunp-appoints-wpc-harshana-rajakaruna-as-convenor-of-ypa&Itemid=56 UNP appoints WPC Harshana Rajakaruna as convenor of YPA
  45. http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/02/15/fea07.asp Gift out of a challenge accepted with fortitude
  46. Web site: අප ගැන – Moratuwa Municipal Council . 2024-09-14 . en-US.
  47. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/comcork.html Monument in honour of old Royalists who have made the supreme sacrifice
  48. https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2013/06/02/fea04.asp Northerners receive new lease of life
  49. http://www.newdelhi.mission.gov.lk/envoys.htm Sri Lanka's Envoys to India
  50. Web site: Sri Lanka's Father of Diplomacy Vernon .L. B. Mendis reminisces his trail blazing career spanning over a half century with Nation Eye . Nation.lk . 2011-09-10.
  51. Web site: Wilhelm Woutersz, BY J. B. Muller . Island.lk . 2011-09-10.
  52. http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/high-commissioner-esala-weerakoon-presents-credentials-to-indian-president/ High Commissioner Esala Weerakoon presents Credentials to Indian President
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