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Dharmaraja College, the Glossary

Dharmaraja College (ධර්මරාජ විද්‍යාලය), founded in 1887, is a boys' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka.^[1]

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1887 establishments in Ceylon
Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka
Schools in Kandy

A. Ekanayake Gunasinha

Alexander Ekanayake Gunasinha (1 May 1891 – 1 August 1967) was a Sri Lankan trade unionist and politician.

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Anagarika Dharmapala

Anagārika Dharmapāla (Pali: Anagārika,; Sinhala: Anagārika, lit., අනගාරික ධර්‍මපාල; 17 September 1864 – 29 April 1933) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist and a writer.

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Ananda College (ආනන්ද විද්‍යාලය) is a prestigious Buddhist school in Maradana, Colombo. Dharmaraja College and Ananda College are boys' schools in Sri Lanka, Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka and national schools in Sri Lanka.

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Asian Tribune

The Asian Tribune is an online newspaper.

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Bennet Soysa

Sir Bennet Soysa, CBE (30 March 1889 – 1981) was a Ceylonese politician and philanthropist.

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Big Match

In Sri Lankan cricket, a Big Match is an annual school cricket match often played between two rival schools in Sri Lanka.

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Bogoda Seelawimala Thera

Ven Bogoda Seelawimala Nayaka Thera (Sinhala: පුජ්‍ය බෝගොඩ සීලවිමල නාහිමි) is the incumbent Head Priest of the London Buddhist Vihara and the current Chief Sangha Nayaka of Great Britain.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Central Province, Sri Lanka

The Central Province (මධ්‍යම පළාත Madhyama Paḷāta, மத்திய மாகாணம் Madhdhiya Mākāṇam) is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka.

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Chamara Kapugedera

Chamara Kantha Kapugedera (චාමර කපුගෙදර, born 24 February 1987), commonly Chamara Kapugedera, is a former international Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game, and was a former One Day International captain.

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Commander of the Air Force (Sri Lanka)

The Commander of the Air Force is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Air Force.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Crown colony

A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.

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D. H. Lawrence

Herman Melville, Friedrich Nietzsche, Arthur Schopenhauer, Lev Shestov, Walt Whitman | influenced.

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Daily News (Sri Lanka)

The Daily News is an English-language newspaper in Sri Lanka.

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Dhammapada

The Dhammapada (धम्मपद; Dharmapada) is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures.

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Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter

Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter is the annual cricket match between two of the largest government-run national boys' schools in Kandy, Sri Lanka: Dharmaraja College, Kandy and Kingswood College, Kandy.

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Don Baron Jayatilaka

Sir Don Baron Jayatilaka, KBE (Sinhala:ශ්‍රීමත් දොන් බාරොන් ජයතිලක; 13 February 1868 – 29 May 1944) known as D.B. Jayatilaka was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese educationalist, statesmen and diplomat.

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Education in Sri Lanka

Education in Sri Lanka has a long history that dates back two millennia.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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GCE Advanced Level in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan Advanced Level (A-level) formerly called Higher School Certificate (HSC), is a General Certificate of Education (GCE) qualification exam in Sri Lanka, similar to the British Advanced Level, conducted annually by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education.

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GCE Ordinary Level in Sri Lanka

The Sri Lankan Ordinary Level (O-level) formerly called Senior School Certificate (SSC), is a General Certificate of Education (GCE) qualification in Sri Lanka, conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education.

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Governor-General of Ceylon

The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until it became the republic of Sri Lanka in 1972.

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Harischandra Wijayatunga

Wijayatunga Mudalige Harischandra Wijayatunga (විජයතුංග මුදලිගේ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර විජයතුංග; born 25 October 1931) is a Sri Lankan author, translator, lexicographer, teacher, lawyer and politician.

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Henry Steel Olcott

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (2 August 1832 – 17 February 1907) was an American military officer, journalist, lawyer, Freemason (member of Huguenot Lodge #448, now #46) and the co-founder and first president of the Theosophical Society.

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Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera

Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera (හික්කඩුවේ ශ්‍රි සුමංගල නාහිමි; 20 January 1827 – 29 April 1911) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, who was one of the pioneers of Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist movement in the 19th century.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya.

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Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the professional head of the Sri Lanka Police.

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International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics

The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) is an annual astronomy and astrophysics competition for high school students.

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Kalki Krishnamurthy

Ramaswamy Krishnamurthy (9 September 1899 – 5 December 1954), better known by his pen name Kalki, was an Indian writer, journalist, poet, critic and Indian independence activist who wrote in Tamil.

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Kandy

Kandy (මහනුවර Mahanuwara,; கண்டி Kandy) is a major city in located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.

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King's Scout

A King's Scout (also known as Queen's Scout during the reign of Elizabeth II) is a Scout who has attained the King's Scout Award.

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Kingswood College, Kandy

Kingswood College is a Sri Lankan Public school offering boys primary and secondary education. Dharmaraja College and Kingswood College, Kandy are boys' schools in Sri Lanka, national schools in Sri Lanka and schools in Kandy.

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L. H. Mettananda

Lokusathu Hewa Mettananda (19 March 1894 – 1 November 1967) was a Sri Lankan educationist and activist.

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Lake View Park International Scout Centre

Lake View Park International Scout Centre (Sinhala language: ලේක්විව්පාක් ජාත්‍යන්තර බාලදක්ෂ මූලස්ථානය.), is a scout campsite, Scout Activity Centre, training and conference centre for Scouting groups, which belongs to the 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group.

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Lion

The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.

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List of Dharmaraja College alumni

This is a list of Old Rajans, they being the alumni of Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

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List of sports rivalries

A sports rivalry is intense competition between athletic teams or athletes, affecting participants, management, and supporters all to varying degrees.

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London Buddhist Vihara

The London Buddhist Vihara (Sinhala:ලන්ඩන් බෞද්ධ විහාරය Landan Bauddha Viharaya) is one of the main Theravada Buddhist temples in the United Kingdom.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; 2 October 186930 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.

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Mahinda College

Mahinda College is a Buddhist boys' school in Galle, Sri Lanka. Dharmaraja College and Mahinda College are boys' schools in Sri Lanka, Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka and national schools in Sri Lanka.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa

Mahinda Rajapaksa (මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ; மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician.

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Maliyadeva College

Maliyadeva College (Sinhala: මලියදේව විද්‍යාලය) is a national school controlled by the Sri Lankan central government. Dharmaraja College and Maliyadeva College are boys' schools in Sri Lanka, Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka and national schools in Sri Lanka.

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Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera

Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda Thera or Mohottiwatte Gunananda Thera (පූජ්‍ය මිගෙට්ටුවත්තේ ගුණානන්ද හිමි) (9 February 1823 – 21 September 1890) was a Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist orator.

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Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka)

The Ministry of Education (අධ්‍යාපන අමාත්‍යාංශය; கல்வி அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Sri Lanka that directs the formulation and implementation of policies related to primary, secondary, and tertiary education in Sri Lanka.

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Nandalal Bose

Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.

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National school (Sri Lanka)

A National school (ජාතික පාසල, Jathika Pasala, தேசியப் பாடசாலை) in Sri Lanka is a school that is funded and administered by the Ministry of Education of the central government as opposed to Provincial schools run by the local provincial council. Dharmaraja College and National school (Sri Lanka) are national schools in Sri Lanka.

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Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).

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P. B. Illangasinghe

Punchi Banda Elangasinha, Rate Mahatmaya (පුංචි බණ්ඩා ඉලන්ගසිංහ; 6 April 1888 – 22 September 1960) was a Sri Lankan notary public, traditional eye doctor, astrologist and musicologist.

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Pali

Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent.

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Patrick de Silva Kularatne

Patrick de Silva Kularatne (31 March 1893 – 16 November 1976) (known as P de S Kularatne) was a Sri Lankan (Sinhala Buddhist) educationist and politician.

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President of Sri Lanka

The president of Sri Lanka (ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජනාධිපති Śrī Laṃkā Janādhipathi; இலங்கை சனாதிபதி Ilankai janātipati) is the head of state and head of government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

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Pujith Jayasundara

Pujith Senadhi Bandara Jayasundara (පූජිත් සේනාධි බණ්ඩාර ජයසුන්දර) also simply known as Pujith Jayasundara (පූජිත් ජයසුන්දර) (born 15 March 1960) is a former Sri Lankan police officer.

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Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was an Indian poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance.

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Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide/Girl Scout Movement.

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S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Ceylonese statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), serving from 1956 until his assassination.

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Scholarship Examination

The Scholarship Examination (also known as the Grade 5 exam) is a highly competitive Sri Lankan examination first introduced in 1947, conducted by the Department of Examinations of the Ministry of Education.

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Scouting

Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide youth social movement employing the Scout method, a program of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activities, including camping, woodcraft, aquatics, hiking, backpacking, and sports.

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Sinhala language

Sinhala (Sinhala: සිංහල), sometimes called Sinhalese, is an Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 million.

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South Asian Games

The South Asian Games (SAG or SA Games), formerly known as the South Asian Federation Games (SAFG or SAF Games), is a quadrennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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Sri Lankan Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad

The Sri Lankan Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad is a competition for Sri Lankan high school students on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

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St. Anthony's College, Kandy

St. Dharmaraja College and St. Anthony's College, Kandy are schools in Kandy.

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State school

A state school, public school, or government school is a primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge.

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Sudarshana Pathirana

Air Chief Marshal Sudarshana Karagoda Pathirana WWV, RSP & four Bars, VSV, USP is a former senior Sri Lanka Air Force officer, who had served as the Commander of the Sri Lanka Air Force.

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T. B. Jayah

Tuan Burhanuddin Jayah (1 January 1890 – 31 May 1960), was a Sri Lankan educationalist, politician, diplomat and Muslim community leader and considered one of Sri Lanka's national heroes.

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T. B. Kehelgamuwa

Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Tikiri Banda Kehelgamuwa (born 10 December 1942) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and manager of the Sri Lanka national cricket team, under whose tenure the Sri Lanka Test team recorded their first overseas Test victory in 1995.

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Temple of the Tooth

Sri Dalada Maligawa (ශ්‍රී දළදා මාළිගාව), commonly known in English as the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

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The Buddha

Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.

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Theravada

Theravāda ('School of the Elders') is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.

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Uday Shankar

Uday Shankar (born Uday Shankar Choudhary; 8 December 1900 – 26 September 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, which he later popularised in India, Europe, and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Walisinghe Harischandra

Brahmachari Walisinghe Harischandra (Sinhala:බ්‍රහ්මචාරී වලිසිංහ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර; 9 July 1876 – 13 September 1913) was a social reformer, historian, author and revivalist of Sri Lankan Buddhism.

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William Gopallawa

William Gopallawa (17 September 1896 – 31 January 1981) was the last Governor-General of Ceylon from 1962 to 1972 and the first and only non-executive President of Sri Lanka from 1972 to 1978, when Ceylon declared itself a republic and changed its name to Sri Lanka.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmaraja_College

Also known as ASDRC, Astronomical society of dharmaraja college, Dharmaraja College Astronomical Society, Dharmaraja College Ground, Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Kandy Buddhist High School, Old Rajans.

, Patrick de Silva Kularatne, President of Sri Lanka, Pujith Jayasundara, Rabindranath Tagore, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Scholarship Examination, Scouting, Sinhala language, South Asian Games, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad, St. Anthony's College, Kandy, State school, Sudarshana Pathirana, T. B. Jayah, T. B. Kehelgamuwa, Temple of the Tooth, The Buddha, Theravada, Uday Shankar, Walisinghe Harischandra, William Gopallawa, Wilton Hack, World Federation of United Nations Associations, 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election.

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1887 establishments in Ceylon

Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka

Schools in Kandy

References