College House is the administrative center of the University of Colombo , situated in the Cinnamon Gardens suburb of Colombo , it is a national heritage site.
4-547: College House can refer to: College House, Colombo , Sri Lanka is the administrative headquarters of the University of Colombo College House (University of Canterbury) , Ilam, Christchurch, New Zealand is a hall of residence associated with the University of Canterbury . Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-593: The house was built by Thomas Henry Arthur de Soysa, who was a prominent businessmen and the Consul for Chile. He was also the son of Sir Charles Henry de Soysa and named the house Regina Walauwa , after his wife Regina Perera. Arthur de Soysa sold the house to the Government of Ceylon in 1920 to establish the University College Colombo the following year. With the name of the house changed to College House on
12-618: The instructions of Sir Edward Denham . The Library of the University College began in a room of the house with a collection of books belonging to A. Padmanabha, gifted by his father Sir Ponnambalam Arunachalam . Following the formation of the University of Colombo it became it administrative center and housed the office of the Vice Chancellor . On March 8, 1989, elements of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna assassinated
16-503: The title College House . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=College_House&oldid=859162270 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages College House, Colombo With construction completed in 1912,
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