Bryan’s career at Royal College, Colombo was outstanding in a sporting sense. He is one of the very special elite group of Royalists, from the College’s inception, that have had the unique privilege and honour of playing in both the Royal-Thomian Cricket Match and the Bradby Rugger Matc...
the most satisfying moment of his planting career, to be appointed custodian of the estate on which he started his career. Derek was on Sheen till 1976, when he left active planting and moved to the George Steuart’s office in Colombo. Nationalization of plantations followed soon after and at...
which appears to have owned it from the time it was offered for sale by the Government. The property was first advertised for sale in the Ceylon Government Gazette of 9 March 1822 as "a thatched cottage with a tent roof, about two miles and half from the Fort of...
Our elder son was now over two years and before long we had to consider sending him to school in Colombo. We were wondering how we would manage schooling. For our good fortune, totally unexpected, one of my previous VA's called and asked if I would be interested in joining ...
of Ceylon a useful outpost. Their attempts to conquer the island were however repulsed by the King of Kandy Rajasinghe II, who inflicted severe defeats on them. Nevertheless, the Portuguese had in the meantime set up fortifications around the island including Colombo and Galle. The main entry...
The modern financial district of Fort Colombo is located on and around the site of the old fort, and has been aptly described on this site as “the city’s financial and commercial heart”.The situation was much the same when the district was a military fortress – only the tactics were ...
In Jafanapatam, the officer who supervised the collection of the elephants due to the Crown was calledKuruwe Vidane. This information comes to us courtesy of the “Copy of the Foral of the Kingdom of Jafanapatam and the Vany” as well as of the “Island of Manar and of Mantota”,...
Manik attended Royal College in Colombo, one of the more famous boy’s preparatory schools in Sri Lanka. The school was founded by the Rev. Joseph Marsh in 1835. Jayakumar, one of six sons of a well-respected physician, was a prefect there with a fine academic record but never att...
1870 - Establishment of the Colombo Medical College March 1870 1870 First general Census taken March 1870 1871 – Opening of the Kandy – Colombo railway January 1871 1871 Kandy railway opened- British get upperhand in transport British were desperate to break the Sinhalese monopoly on the tran...
Are you one of those who supported FP/TULF and voted for them and got on the Yarlthevi to South to make a living the following morning?? Do you think after all the “river of blood” speeches in Jaffna from 1970-1977-1981 and the same in Colombo by TULF after the 1...