Notable Incidents
- On the May 22, 1972 the House of Representatives of the Dominion of Ceylon met at the Royal Primary School Hall (now known as the Navarangahala) to finalize and approve the Republic Constitution, thereby proclaimed establishment of the Republic of Sri Lanka.
- During construction of the school's new building it was hit by an aircraft that was trying the establish the record for the first flight over Ceylon in November 1911.
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