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href="/wiki/National_school_(Sri_Lanka)" title="National school (Sri Lanka)">National</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pali_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pali language">Pali</a>: <span lang="pi"><b>අප්පමාදො අමතපදං</b></span><br /><i>Appamādo Amathapadan</i><br /> (Buddhist quote from the Apramada Vagga in the <a href="/wiki/Dhammapada" title="Dhammapada">Dhammapada</a>)<br />(Heedfulness, Punctuality leads to Nirvana)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1 November 1886<span class="noprint">; 138 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1886-11-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colonel_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel (US)">Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/Henry_Steel_Olcott" title="Henry Steel Olcott">Henry Steel Olcott</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal</th><td class="infobox-data">Lal Dissanayake</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Grades</th><td class="infobox-data">1–13</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Gender</th><td class="infobox-data">Boys</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Age range</th><td class="infobox-data">6 to 19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Enrollment</th><td class="infobox-data">8000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Sinhala, English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Color(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Maroon and Gold <br /> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid 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href="https://www.anandacollege.edu.lk/">Ananda College</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AnandaCollege-Colombo_1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/AnandaCollege-Colombo_1920.jpg/220px-AnandaCollege-Colombo_1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/AnandaCollege-Colombo_1920.jpg/330px-AnandaCollege-Colombo_1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/AnandaCollege-Colombo_1920.jpg/440px-AnandaCollege-Colombo_1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1916" data-file-height="1026" /></a><figcaption>School grounds in 1920.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:H.S._Olcott-portrait-300.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/H.S._Olcott-portrait-300.jpg/220px-H.S._Olcott-portrait-300.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/H.S._Olcott-portrait-300.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="307" /></a><figcaption>Colonel H.S. Olcott, founder of Ananda College</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Ananda College</b> (<a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a>: <span lang="si">ආනන්ද විද්‍යාලය</span>) is a prestigious Buddhist school in <a href="/wiki/Maradana" title="Maradana">Maradana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombo" title="Colombo">Colombo</a>. It was established as the English Buddhist School by Colonel <a href="/wiki/Henry_Steel_Olcott" title="Henry Steel Olcott">Henry Steel Olcott</a> in 1886. In the present day, it provides primary and secondary education on a campus of 15 acres (61,000 m<sup>2</sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-foundn_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-foundn-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_history">Early history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following a meeting of Buddhists at <a href="/wiki/Pettah,_Sri_Lanka" title="Pettah, Sri Lanka">Pettah</a>, under the patronage of <a href="/wiki/Hikkaduwe_Sri_Sumangala_Thera" title="Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera">Hikkaduwe Sri Sumangala Thera</a>, an English-Buddhist school was inaugurated at 19 Prince Street on 1 November 1886 by the Buddhist Theosophical Society. The first session was attended by 37 students. In 1888, when about 130 boys were attending, it moved to 61 Maliban Street. <a href="/wiki/C._W._Leadbeater" class="mw-redirect" title="C. W. Leadbeater">C. W. Leadbeater</a> was appointed the first principal of <i>Ananda today.</i><sup id="cite_ref-BA1920_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BA1920-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time the school was officially registered in March 1889, there were 120 students. That same year, J. P. R. Weerasuriya became the first Anandian to pass the Cambridge junior examination. The Cambridge graduate and confessed Buddhist A. E. Bultjens became principal.<sup id="cite_ref-BA1920_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BA1920-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1890, the school's proximity to a Catholic school led to controversy—and a move to 54 Maliban Street where further growth ensued, and student enrollments rose to 200 in September 1892 and 270 in 1894.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> As principals followed <a href="/wiki/Don_Baron_Jayatilaka" title="Don Baron Jayatilaka">Don Baron Jayatilaka</a>. That year, Mr. Tudor Rajapaksha donated 3.2 acres (13,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of land<sup id="cite_ref-milestones_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milestones-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the school was relocated in the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Maradana" title="Maradana">Maradana</a>. On 17 August 1895, the former <i>English Buddhist School</i> was renamed to <i>Ananda College Colombo</i> with <a href="/wiki/R._A._Mirando" title="R. A. Mirando">R. A. Mirando</a> serving as its manager till his death during the <a href="/wiki/1915_Sinhalese-Muslim_riots" title="1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots">1915 riots</a>. </p><p>When <a href="/wiki/Patrick_de_Silva_Kularatne" title="Patrick de Silva Kularatne">Patrick de Silva Kularatne</a> took over in 1918 attendance was 450 which rapidly increased to 1000 two years later. At this time the annual budget was 80000 Rs.<sup id="cite_ref-BA1920_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BA1920-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 1961, the college had officially become a government school.<sup id="cite_ref-milestones_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-milestones-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ananda_Viharaya">Ananda Viharaya</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ananda Viharaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ananda Viharaya is the most easily distinguishable edifice and heart of the college.<sup id="cite_ref-vihara_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vihara-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Completed under Col. E. A. Perusinghe, Late Governor, Honourable <a href="/wiki/William_Gopallawa" title="William Gopallawa">William Gopallawa</a> handed over the Viharaya to the School on 6 March 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-vihara_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vihara-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Buddha statue has been designed by <a href="/wiki/Mapalagama_Wipulasara_Maha_Thera" title="Mapalagama Wipulasara Maha Thera">Venerable Kalasoori Mapalagama Vipulasara Thero.</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id=""Battle_of_the_Maroons""><span id=".22Battle_of_the_Maroons.22"></span>"Battle of the Maroons"</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: "Battle of the Maroons""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda%E2%80%93Nalanda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ananda–Nalanda (page does not exist)">Ananda–Nalanda</a></div> <p>In a tradition dating back to 1924, an annual <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> contest is held between Ananda College and <a href="/wiki/Nalanda_College_Colombo" class="mw-redirect" title="Nalanda College Colombo">Nalanda College Colombo</a>. The two schools have contributed many players to the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_national_cricket_team" title="Sri Lanka national cricket team">Sri Lanka national cricket team</a>, including the old Anandians <a href="/wiki/Sidath_Wettimuny" title="Sidath Wettimuny">Sidath Wettimuny</a> recipient of <a href="/wiki/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year" title="Wisden Cricketers of the Year">Wisden Cricketers of the Year</a> in 1985, <a href="/wiki/Arjuna_Ranatunga" title="Arjuna Ranatunga">Arjuna Ranatunga</a> (who captained the Sri Lanka Cricket team to victory in the <a href="/wiki/1996_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1996 Cricket World Cup">1996 Cricket World Cup</a> and who was also named as a <a href="/wiki/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year" title="Wisden Cricketers of the Year">Wisden Cricketers of the Year</a> in 1999), former mod captain <a href="/wiki/Marvan_Atapattu" title="Marvan Atapattu">Marvan Atapattu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twenty20" title="Twenty20">T20</a> captain <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Chandimal" title="Dinesh Chandimal">Dinesh Chandimal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_Boys'_Association"><span id="Old_Boys.27_Association"></span>Old Boys' Association</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Old Boys' Association"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sir <a href="/wiki/Don_Baron_Jayatilaka" title="Don Baron Jayatilaka">D. B. Jayatilleke</a>, the then principal, conceived the idea of the Ananda College Old Boys' Association in 1908. Initially, its main function was to organise a sports-meet and the annual dinner. In subsequent years the OBA and the school's administration have co-operated in furthering the development of the College. Prior to 1961 (when the school was nationalised), the incumbent principal of the school presided over the OBA. Since that date, a president is elected by members at each <a href="/wiki/Annual_general_meeting" title="Annual general meeting">annual general meeting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The present president of OBA is Dushmantha Karannagoda.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ananda_Gallery">Ananda Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ananda Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ananda Gallery is the official Ananda College Merchandise portal.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ananda Gallery was established in December 2017 by Principal S.M. Keerthirathna.. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ananda_Daham_Pasala">Ananda Daham Pasala</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ananda Daham Pasala"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Ananda_Daham_Pasala.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/New_Ananda_Daham_Pasala.jpg/220px-New_Ananda_Daham_Pasala.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="271" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/New_Ananda_Daham_Pasala.jpg/330px-New_Ananda_Daham_Pasala.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/New_Ananda_Daham_Pasala.jpg 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="471" /></a><figcaption>Ananda Dhamma School Logo</figcaption></figure> <p>Ananda Daham Pasala (ආනන්ද දහම් පාසල/Ananda Dhamma School) is the Sunday school of Ananda College. It was started in 2004 as a project of the 81 group.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ananda_College_alumni" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Ananda College alumni">List of Ananda College alumni</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Alumni_of_Ananda_College" title="Category:Alumni of Ananda College">Category:Alumni of Ananda College</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olcott_oration">Olcott oration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Olcott oration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Olcott oration is an annual event organized by the old boys association of Ananda College, which commemorate the founder <a href="/wiki/Colonel_Henry_Steel_Olcott" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonel Henry Steel Olcott">Colonel Henry Steel Olcott</a> of Ananda College and other leading Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka. Every year famous personalities who educated at Ananda College, share their own experience for the "Olcott oration" and renowned dignitaries who have delivered the oration in the past, include Prof. <a href="/wiki/Nimal_Rajapakshe" title="Nimal Rajapakshe">Nimal Rajapakshe</a>, Prof. <a href="/wiki/Sumedha_Chandana_Wirasinghe" title="Sumedha Chandana Wirasinghe">Sumedha Chandana Wirasinghe</a> and Prof. <a href="/wiki/Ravindra_Fernando" title="Ravindra Fernando">Ravindra Fernando</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_war_memorial">College war memorial</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: College war memorial"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ananda College war memorial is situated in front of the Henry Steel Olcott Hall and is dedicated to alumni of Ananda college who died while members of the Sri Lankan armed forces. Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/A._P._N._C._De_S._Vaas_Gunawardene" title="A. P. N. C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene">A. P. N. C. De S. Vaas Gunawardene</a> on 23 July 1983 became the first Anandian officer to sacrifice his life while in the Military. The plaque bears the names of old Anandians who were killed in the line of duty which includes the names of 45 war heroes from the Sri Lanka Army,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and many more names of war heroes from the Sri Lanka Navy and the Sri Lanka Air Force. Ananda College OBA organises an annual "Ananda Viruharasara" event to honour the military dead.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Past_principals">Past principals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Past principals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Ananda_College" title="Special:EditPage/Ananda College">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Entered office </th> <th scope="col">Departed office </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Webster_Leadbeater" title="Charles Webster Leadbeater">Charles Webster Leadbeater</a> </td> <td>November 1886 </td> <td>October 1889 </td></tr> <tr> <td>A. E. Buultjens </td> <td>January 1890 </td> <td>December 1898 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Baron_Jayatilaka" title="Don Baron Jayatilaka">Don Baron Jayatilaka</a> </td> <td>December 1898 </td> <td>December 1907 </td></tr> <tr> <td> J. T. Davis </td> <td>January 1908 </td> <td>April 1909 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Baron_Jayatilaka" title="Don Baron Jayatilaka">Don Baron Jayatilaka</a> </td> <td>May 1909 </td> <td>April 1910 </td></tr> <tr> <td> M. U. Moore </td> <td>April 1910 </td> <td>November 1913 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Dandiris de Silva (acting) </td> <td>November 1913 </td> <td>January 1914 </td></tr> <tr> <td> Fritz Kunz </td> <td>January 1914 </td> <td>March 1917 </td></tr> <tr> <td>C. V. Ranawake (acting) </td> <td>April 1917 </td> <td>December 1917 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_de_Silva_Kularatne" title="Patrick de Silva Kularatne">P. De S. Kularatne</a> </td> <td>January 1918 </td> <td>December 1922 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gunapala_Malalasekera" title="Gunapala Malalasekera">G. P. Malalasekara</a> (acting) </td> <td>January 1923 </td> <td>July 1923 </td></tr> <tr> <td>P. De S. Kularatne </td> <td>January 1923 </td> <td>July 1932 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/L._H._Mettananda" title="L. H. Mettananda">L. H. Mettananda</a> (acting) </td> <td>November 1932 </td> <td>April 1935 </td></tr> <tr> <td>L. H. Mettananda </td> <td>July 1935 </td> <td>March 1936 </td></tr> <tr> <td>P. De S. Kularatne </td> <td>April 1936 </td> <td>March 1938 </td></tr> <tr> <td>S. De S. Jayaratne (acting) </td> <td>April 1938 </td> <td>November 1938 </td></tr> <tr> <td>P. De S. Kularatne </td> <td>November 1938 </td> <td>April 1943 </td></tr> <tr> <td>A. B. Perera </td> <td>May 1943 </td> <td>November 1945 </td></tr> <tr> <td>L. H. Mettananda </td> <td>November 1945 </td> <td>December 1954 </td></tr> <tr> <td>S. A. Wijayatilake </td> <td>January 1955 </td> <td>December 1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td>M. W. Karunananda </td> <td>January 1962 </td> <td>October 1964 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lt. Col. E. A. Perusinghe </td> <td>October 1964 </td> <td>May 1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bvt. Col. <a href="/wiki/G._W._Rajapaksha" title="G. W. Rajapaksha">G. W. Rajapaksha</a> </td> <td>May 1969 </td> <td>January 1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td>S. K. Nettananda </td> <td>January 1981 </td> <td>January 1982 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Col. V. S. Kudaligama </td> <td>January 1982 </td> <td>October 1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td>A. P. Guneratne </td> <td>October 1987 </td> <td>June 1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>T. B. Damunupola </td> <td>June 1995 </td> <td>January 2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>B. A. Abeyrathne </td> <td>January 2001 </td> <td>June 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lal Dissanayake (acting) </td> <td>September 2008 </td> <td>November 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Bvt. Col. L. M. D. Dharmasena </td> <td>November 2009 </td> <td>May 2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kithsiry Liyanagamage </td> <td>May 2013 </td> <td>August 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>S. M. Keerthirathna </td> <td>August 2016 </td> <td>January 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lal Dissanayake </td> <td>February 2022 </td> <td>Present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_teachers">Notable teachers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable teachers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:Faculty_of_Ananda_College" title="Category:Faculty of Ananda College">Category:Faculty of Ananda College</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balangoda_Ananda_Maitreya_Thero" title="Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero">Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Mahinda_Thero" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Mahinda Thero">Sikkim Mahinda Thero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polwatte_Buddhadatta_Mahanayake_Thera" class="mw-redirect" title="Polwatte Buddhadatta Mahanayake Thera">Polwatte Buddhadatta Mahanayake Thera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunapala_Piyasena_Malalasekera" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera">Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagara_Palansuriya" title="Sagara Palansuriya">Sagara Palansuriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Suntharalingam" title="C. Suntharalingam">Chellappah Suntharalingam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuan_Burhanudeen_Jayah" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuan Burhanudeen Jayah">Tuan Burhanudeen Jayah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._P._de_Zoysa" title="A. P. de Zoysa">Agampodi Paulus de Zoysa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Ranwala" title="Lionel Ranwala">Lionel Ranwala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._A._Chandrasena" title="R. A. Chandrasena">R. A. Chandrasena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._W._J._Perera" title="D. W. J. Perera">D. W. J. Perera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K._M._Rathnapala" title="K. M. Rathnapala">K. M. Rathnapala</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nalanda_College_Colombo" class="mw-redirect" title="Nalanda College Colombo">Nalanda College</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ananda_College&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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href="http://ananda.sch.lk/12/index.php/history/foundation">Foundation of Ananda College</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130506162230/http://ananda.sch.lk/12/index.php/history/foundation">Archived</a> May 6, 2013, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> on official website</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BA1920-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BA1920_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BA1920_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BA1920_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Ananda College, Colombo;</i> Buddhist Annual of Ceylon, Vol. I (1920), 1, p. 41.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-milestones-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-milestones_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-milestones_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a 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