Blog Archives

Sri Rahula College – one of Kandy’s oldest cricket playing schools-by Hafiz Marikar Asela Gunaratne is the first cricketer from Sri Rahula to represent the country Source:Dailynews Sri Rahula College, Katugastota is a school with a history of 130 years and one of the famous mixed colleges in the country. It was established in 1890, by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott. The school opened with only 16 students in 1890 with S. Niyangoda as the first Principal of the school. During the year 1945, Sri Rahula managed to obtain their own playground, hostel and several other facilities as well as a whole lot of students. In 1962 the school was acquired by the government. ...