List of Dharmaraja College alumni

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 / GOC, 3rd Division Sri Lanka Engineers	[2][3]
Chandrarathna Bandara	Author	[4]
Prasanna Chandrasekera	Major General/Master-General of the Ordnance at Sri Lanka Army	[5]
J. B. Disanayake	Linguistics professor; author	[6]
Lalith Dissanayake	Member of Parliament (Kegalle District) (2008 – 2015)
Sarath Dissanayake	Rear Admiral
T. B. Dissanayake	President's Counsel; Commissioner of Assizes (1969 – 1970)	[7]
C. A. S. Marikkar	Member of Parliament 1952, 1957 1960. Minister for Post, Broadcasting and Communication.
William Gopallawa MBE	President of Sri Lanka (1972 – 1978); Governor-General of Ceylon (1962 – 1972)	[8]
A. Ekanayake Gunasinha	Mayor of Colombo (1940 – 1943); Member of Parliament (Colombo Central District) (1947 – 1952)	[9]
Ananda W. P. Guruge	Buddhist scholar; author
Pujith Jayasundara	Inspector General of Police (2016 – 2020)	[10]
Amarasiri Kalansuriya	Legendary Film Actor (Most Popular Actor in 70s & 80s)	[11]
Chamara Kapugedera	International test cricketer (2006 – 2009)
W. S. Karunaratne	Buddhist scholar
T.B. Kehelgamuwa	First-class cricketer	[12]
Wimalaratne Kumaragama	Poet
Sunanda Mahendra	Author; poet
Dharma Sri Munasinghe	Playwright; screenwriter; director	[13]
Keerthi Pasquel	Singer	[14]
Dharmasena Pathiraja	Film director; screenwriter	[15]
Sudarshana Pathirana	commander of the Sri Lankan Airforce (2020-2023)	[16]
Roshan Pilapitiya	Actor; producer	[17]
Tilak Ratnayake	Governor of Uva Province (1990 – 1993)
Godwin Samararatne	Meditation instructor
Anuradha Seneviratna	Linguistics professor; author	[18]
Sir Bennet Soysa	Member of the State Council; Member of the Senate of Ceylon; Mayor of Kandy	[19]
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon	Member of Parliament (Matale District) (1994 – present)	[20]
Heshan Unamboowe	Olympic swimmer
Sandun Weerakkody	International test cricketer
Eric Prasanna Weerawardena	Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2010 – present)
Stanley Wijesundera	Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo (1979 – 1989)	[21]
Dayan Witharana	Singer

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

See also

• Dharmaraja College

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. "New MGO Major General Prasanna Chandrasekara Assumes Office at AHQ | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
6. "Embassy of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Bangkok, Thailand". Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
7. Gunaratne, Ruwanthi Herath (22 June 2003). "Living life to a different tempo". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
8. "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.
9. 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.
10. "Pujith New IGP". Daily Mirror. 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
11. "Kalan, the simple guy". The Nation. 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
12. "'Kehel' - a 'born' pace bowler". The Sunday Observer. 1 March 2009. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
13. "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.
14. Kannangara, Nirmala (22 January 2006). "Keerthi: life in the limelight". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
15. Attanayake, Ranjith Bandara (3 March 2007). "Pathi felicitated in Kandy". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
16. "Air Vice Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana takes command of SLAF". News First. 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
17. "Good looks and charm drive him on". Daily News. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
18. "Prof Anuradha Seneviratna made great contribution to Sinahala literature". Daily News. 2001. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
19. 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.
20. "Janaka Bandara Tennakoon". The Daily News. 2001. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
21. "Educationist and administrator of high calibre". Sunday Times. 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

External links

• Complete list and personal pages of Dharmaraja College alumni