Sri Lanka Scout Association - History

History

  • 1912 - Scouting in Sri Lanka by F.G. Stevens at Christ Church Matale.
  • 1913 - Inception of the 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group,at Dharmaraja College
  • 1914 - Scouting brought by F.G. Stevens,1st Galle Mahinda Scout Group,at Mahinda College, Galle District.
  • 1916 - Western Province Rally at Havelock Park, Colombo.
  • 1917 - First all Ceylon Rally at Havelock Race Course, Colombo.
  • 1921 - 1921 - B.P.'s visit to Sri Lanka with Lady Olave Baden-Powell; Scouting started in Prisons.
  • 1925 - Vernon Grenier becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1930 - Scout HQ moves to an old guardroom at Galle Face, Colombo.
  • 1930 - J.H. De Saram become the first native Chief Commissioner.
  • 1932 - All Ceylon Scout Craft exhibition at Katugastota, Kandy.
  • 1934 - Lord and Lady Baden-Powell visit Sri Lanka
  • 1942 - K. Somasundaram becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1948 - Col. C.P. Jayawardene becomes the Chief Commissioner. New Buildings of National Headquarters. Pedru Camp-site at Nuwera-Eliya. Job Week scheme started. Sinhala and Tamil edition of Scouting for Boys published.
  • 1952 - Ceylon Jamboree at Koombi Kele, Colombo. (near the present BMICH, Colombo.)
  • 1954 - E.W. Kannangara becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1957 - Participation in Jubilee Jamboree in England; Scout Council Act of Incorporation passed in Parliament
  • 1962 - Golden Jubilee Jamboree at Race Course, Colombo.
  • 1967 - Fitzroy H. Gunesekera becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1972 - C.M.P. Wanigatunga becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1977 - H. Ratnasuriya becomes Chief Commissioner. National HQ shifted to Chitthampalan Gardiner Mawatha, Colombo 02.
  • 1982 - Theodore Seneviratne becomes Chief Commissioner. Special Commemorative Stamp in honour of B.P. on 125th Birth Anniversary.
  • 1983 - 3rd National Jamboree at Anuradhapura.
  • 1984 - 2nd National Cubboree.
  • 1987 - Rex Jayasinghe becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1990 - 1st SAARC Jamboree at Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo. Chief Commissioner Rex Jayasinghe dies just before Jamboree. J. Lionel Silva becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1992 - 4th National Jamboree in Kurunegala. M. Mazzahim Mohideen becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1997 - K.H. Camillus Fernando becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 1998 - 5th National Jamboree, Pallekelle, Kandy.
  • 1998 - First Asia- Pacific Workshop on Information Technology - Colombo, First Web page hosted by University of Morotuwa.
  • 2002 - H.S.Weerakoon becomes Chief Commissioner. 6th National Scout Jamboree, Balapitiya.
  • 2006 - 7th National Scout Jamboree, Nuwara Eliya.
  • 2007 - C.Batuwangala becomes Chief Commissioner.
  • 2009 - First female Cub Scouts invested on 23 January
  • 2010 - 8th National Scout Jamboree, Angunakolapelessa.
  • 2011 - Sri Lankan First Equestrian Scouts are invested, Premadasa Riding School collaboration with SLEA at Nugegoda. Sri Lanka is the first country to introduce Equestrian Scouting to the Scouting agenda in the Asia Pacific Region.
  • 2012 - 29th APR and Sri Lanka Centenary Scout Jamboree,Dambulla.

In 2012, the Sri Lanka Scout Association celebrated 100 years of Scouting in Sri Lanka. For this they organized a centenary Scout walk, issued a new stamp and a Rs.2/= coin and were host of the Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree at Gam Udawa & Kandalama sites Dambulla, Matale District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka from 31 March to 7 April 2012 with approximately 8,000 Scouts including overseas participants from 23 countries.

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