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
Amarasiri Kalansuriya Legendary Film Actor (Most Popular Actor in 70s & 80s) [1]
Dimuthu Bandara Abayakoon Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2001 – 2010) [2]
Nalin Angammana Lieutenant General former GOC, 3rd Division Sri Lanka Engineers [3][4]
Chandrarathna Bandara Author [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; former 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]
Major General Prasanna Chandrasekera Former Master-General of the Ordnance at Sri Lanka Army [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]
Roshan Pilapitiya Actor; producer [16]
Tilak Ratnayake Governor of Uva Province (1990 – 1993)
Godwin Samararatne Meditation instructor
Anuradha Seneviratna Linguistics professor; author [17]
Sir Bennet Soysa Member of the State Council; Member of the Senate of Ceylon; Mayor of Kandy [18]
Janaka Bandara Tennakoon Member of Parliament (Matale District) (1994 – present) [19]
Heshan Unamboowe Olympic swimmer
Eric Prasanna Weerawardena Member of Parliament (Kandy District) (2010 – present)
Stanley Wijesundera Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo (1979 – 1989) [20]
Sudarshana Pathirana Presiding commander of the Sri Lankan Airforce (2020 - present) [21]
Sandun Weerakkody International test cricketer
Dayan Witharana Renowned Singer

See also

References
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  2. "Old Rajans to fete distinguished old boys". The Island. 2004. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. "War Heroes of Dharmaraja". KandyNews.net. 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  4. "Dharmaraja honours her war heroes". The Island. 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  5. "Hostage city (Wanasapu Mala) by Candraratna Baṇḍāra". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  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. "New MGO Major General Prasanna Chandrasekara Assumes Office at AHQ | Sri Lanka Army". www.army.lk. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  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. "Good looks and charm drive him on". Daily News. 2006. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  17. "Prof Anuradha Seneviratna made great contribution to Sinahala literature". Daily News. 2001. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  18. 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.
  19. "Janaka Bandara Tennakoon". The Daily News. 2001. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  20. "Educationist and administrator of high calibre". Sunday Times. 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  21. "Air Vice Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana takes command of SLAF". News First. 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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