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| Sri Sumangala College,Kandy ශ්රී සුමංගල විද්යාලය, මහනුවර | |
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| Location | |
| Kandy Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates | 7°17′52.6″N 80°37′55.6″E / 7.297944°N 80.632111°E / 7.297944; 80.632111 |
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| Type | National |
| Motto | Sinhala: නත්ථි පඤ්ඤ සමා ආභා (There is no Light like Wisdom) |
| Established | 16 September 1879 (145 years ago) (1879-09-16) |
| School district | Kandy |
| Principal | Deshappriya Rathnayake |
| Grades | 1–13 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 6-18 |
| Enrolment | 4000+ |
| Language | Sinhala and English |
| Hours in school day | 6 |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue,Sky Blue, Gold |
| Website | sumangalacollegekandy |
Sri Sumangala College,Kandy (Sinhala: ශ්රී සුමංගල විද්යාලය මහනුවර) is a boys' school in Kandy, Sri Lanka
History
The school, one of the oldest in Kandy, was established on 6 September 1879, as St. Paul's College, a junior school branch of Trinity College, Kandy. It was renamed St Paul's English School in 1987. In 1991 the school was renamed to Sri Sumangala College and relocated to present site.
The college has being playing cricket since 1994 and has a long standing cricket rivalry with Sri Rahula College.
See also
References
- ^ "Sri Sumangala and Sri Rahula, schools that don't brag about their products". Sunday Observer. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- "Sri Sumangala - one of the first schools to play cricket in Kandy".
- "History". srisumangala.com/. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012.
- "Wariyapola Sri Sumangala and Sri Rahula clash in 19th Battle of the Golds".
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