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Royal College, Colombo also known as; Royal Colombo, [1] [2] Colombo Royal College [3] or Colombo Royal [4]) is a boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka.. Started by Joseph Marsh in 1835, [5] it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in January 1836, as part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Colebrooke Cameron Commission (1833 ...
In 1919 the Royal College Music Society (now the Western Music Society) was formed under of Major H.L. Reed, MC the Principal of Royal College. The choir formed by the society under the guidance of Mrs. H. L. Reed and R. C. Edwards, won the Meaden Shield in the 1920. The formal Royal College Choir was established in 1955 which continues to this ...
Royal Central College was founded by government minister C. P. de Silva on the lines of the Royal College, Colombo. [11] [12] Silva laid the foundation stone of the school on 19 April 1959. [13] Six years later the school was opened for local children. Scholarships were offered to students in Polonnaruwa and Trincomalee districts. The main ...
Royal College Horana [3] (Sinhala: රාජකීය විද්යාලය හොරණ; also known as Royal Horana or Horana Royal) [4] is a national school in Horana, Sri Lanka. [ 5 ] The college was established in 1978 and became a national school in 2000.
Wayamba Royal College (Sinhala: වයඹ රාජකීය විද්යාලය; also known as Royal College Wayamba) is a national school in Kurunegala, established in February 1993 in Sri Lanka. [1] Current students of the school are known as Wayamba Royalists. [2] [3]
The Royal College Union (RCU) is the alumni association of the Royal College Colombo. Founded in 1891 as a society for alumni of the college, it is the oldest such alumni society in Sri Lanka. The Royal College Union was set up to further the interests of the college and its past and present members, and to keep former pupils in touch with each ...
Nagoda Royal National College (Sinhala: නාගොඞ රාජකීය ජාතික විද්යාලය; also known as Royal College Nagoda or Nagoda Royal College or Rajakeeya National School) is a national school in Nagoda, Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3]
The origins of the modern university system in Sri Lanka dates back to 1921 when a University college, the Ceylon University College was established at the former premises of Royal College Colombo, and was affiliated with the University of London. The college provided courses of study in art and humanities, science and medicine prepared ...