Old Rajans
In her history of 122 years, Dharmaraja College has produced a number of prominent figures, in many aspects of society, while the highest-ranking official amongst the Old Rajans being President William Gopallawa, The first President of Sri Lanka and the last Governor-General of Ceylon.
Many political leaders with the likes of A. E. Goonesinha (First Labor leader of Ceylon), A. Ratnayaka (Member of the first Cabinet of Ceylon and last President of the Senate of Ceylon), Janaka Bandara Tennakoon (Cabinet Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils) and Lalith Dissanayake (Deputy Minister of Health) were educated at Dharmaraja College.
The college's alumni also includes Stanley Wijesundera, (Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo), J B Disanayake (Leading authority of the Sinhala Language), Sunanda Mahendra (Dept. of Mass Communication Kelaniya University), Anuradha Seneviratna (Dept. of Sinhala University of Peradeniya), Ananda W.P. Guruge (Vice president of the World Fellowship of Buddhists), Wimalaratne Kumaragama (Great sinhala poet), Dharmasena Pathiraja (Acclaimed Film Director), Chamara Kapugedera (Sri Lanka test cricketer) and Prof. Dhammika Ganganath Dissanayake; former Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
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