Royal College Horana[3] (Sinhala: රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය හොරණ; also known as Royal Horana or Horana Royal)[4] is a national school in Horana, Sri Lanka.[5]

Royal College Horana
රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය හොරණ
Address
Rathnapura Road

,
Sri Lanka
Information
School typePublic national 1AB
MottoVidya dadathi vinayan
Established1978; 46 years ago (1978)
School districtHorana Education Zone
AuthorityMinistry of Education
PrincipalV. R. P. Kumara
GradesClass 1 - 13
GenderMixed
StudentsHorana Royalists [1][2]

The college was established in 1978 and became a national school in 2000.[6][7][8]

In May 2016 President Maithripala Sirisena officially opened the school's new auditorium.[6][9]

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Horana Royal College plays its annual cricket match (Big Match) with Siri Piyarathana College, Padukka. It is also called the Battle of Gold and Purple.[10][11]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Sebs beat Royal Horana
  2. ^ "Supun bowls Horana Royal to victory". Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ Drawn match at Horana
  4. ^ Royal Horana needs funds to play cricket
  5. ^ "Province - Western" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  6. ^ a b "පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ ගෞරවය රැකීම මන්ත්‍රීවරුන් 225 දෙනාගේ වගකීමක්". News.lk (Government Official News Portal). 5 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  7. ^ "37th Anniversary of Royal College Horana". The Daily Mirror. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Sri Lanka must formulate her own solution to ethnic conflict". Government of Sri Lanka. 27 November 2000.
  9. ^ "President opens Horana Royal College auditorium". The Daily News. 5 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Sripalee Royal Big Match". Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  11. ^ Sripalee college Vs Royal college Big Match