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 When Ananda College was established in 1886, it attracted the attention of many Buddhists. Thus in no time students were drawn in from all corners of the island, craving for education catered to suit their own culture. As a result by the end of 1923, it was quite conspicuous that the infrastructure that was present could no longer cope, with the ever-increasing demand. A new wing for Ananda... At that time Ananda playground was located in Campbell Place, Colombo. Next to the playground, was a stretch of land about one acre in extent. Mr. P. de S. Kularathne the then principal of Ananda College leased this land and moved in some junior classes of Ananda .These first classrooms were simply mud huts! This new wing of Ananda was under the authority of Mr. E.W. Perera. He was a very efficient administrator, who did an excellent job in keeping the place clean and maintaining discipline among students. He was well rewarded for his hard work when this new institution was readily approved by the then director of education Mr. Robinson, who quite clearly was very impressed with the way it was functioning. Mr. Kularathne went even further and bought another 4 acres, from an adjacent land, which cost him 55 000 rupees at that time. A new building comprising of 16 rooms was constructed on this newly acquired land soon after. Sir Gregory Thompson, the then Governor of Ceylon, laid the foundation stone in 1922. Out of it's 16 rooms, which were the best that had been built for Ananda so far, 2 were used as laboratories and 2 others as the staff room and the principal's office. The remaining 12 rooms were used as classrooms under the authority of Mr. L. H. Meththananda. Mr. E. W. Perera was appointed the head master. The Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maithriya became the first Dharmarcharya. 'Nalanda' A new school: Mr. Kularathne registered this off shoot of Ananda as a separate school on the 1st November 1925. The day was so chosen because it was the 39th Anniversary of Ananda and Mr. L. H. Meththananda became the first principal of Nalanda. Ven. Balangoda Ananda Maithriya was allotted the task of finding a name and a motto for this new school. He named it 'Nalanda' and chose 'Apadana Sobhini Panna' meaning 'character illuminates knowledge' as the motto. Nalandians old and new have lived up to it; and will strive to do so in future as well. Nalanda College Recent related sri lankan news articles: Danushka bowls Nalanda to victory Wednesday, 27 October 2010 - 12:01 PM Sri Lanka Time University of Nalanda Sunday, 19 September 2010 - 11:06 PM Sri Lanka Time Trinity face Nalanda in final Thursday, 29 April 2010 - 10:01 AM Sri Lanka Time Dinuk pilots Nalanda to victory Monday, 26 April 2010 - 10:30 AM Sri Lanka Time Nalanda Wednesday, 31 March 2010 - 11:00 PM Sri Lanka Time |
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