Jaffna Hindu College
| Jaffna Hindu College யாழ்ப்பாணம் இந்துக் கல்லூரி | |
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K.K.S Road Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, 40000 Sri Lanka | |
| Coordinates | 9°40′42.70″N 80°0′43.60″E / 9.6785278°N 80.0121111°ECoordinates: 9°40′42.70″N 80°0′43.60″E / 9.6785278°N 80.0121111°E |
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| School type | Public national 1AB |
| Founded | 1886 |
| School district | Jaffna Education Zone |
| Authority | Ministry of Education |
| School number | 1002002 |
| Principal | Mr.Iyampillai Thayanandarajah |
| Teaching staff | 86 |
| Grades | 1-13 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 5-18 |
| Language | Tamil, English |
| School roll | 2,311 |
| Website |
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 2010 January annular solar eclipse: Jaffna Hindu College students gazing at the sun. | |
Jaffna Hindu College (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் இந்துக் கல்லூரி Yāḻppāṇam Intuk Kallūri, JHC) is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.[1][2] It was founded in 1886 by a group of Hindu people who wanted an English language alternative to the Christian missionary schools.
History
In the late 19th century all the English language schools in the area were run by Christian missionaries.[3] In 1886 Williams Nevins Muthukumaru Sithamparapillai founded The Native Town High School. The school encountered financial problems and in 1889 it was taken over by S. Nagalingam who re-located it to Vananarponnai. The school was renamed Nagalingam Town High School.[3] In 1890 the school was handed over to the Jaffna Saiva (Samaya) Paripalana Sabhai.[3] The school was moved to its present site and renamed The Hindu High School.[3]
Big Match
Main article: Battle of the Hindus
JHC play Kokkuvil Hindu College in an annual cricket match known as the Battle of the Hindus.[4] The first match took place in 2008.[5]
Principals
- 1890-92 S. Godman Appapillai
- 1892-09 Nevins Selvadurai[7][8]
- 1910-13 A. Shiva Rao
- 1913-14 B. Sanjiva Rao
- 1914-26 Nevins Selvadurai[8]
- 1926-27 W. A. Troupe
- 1927-28 M. Sabarathnasinghe
- 1928-33 V. R. Venkataramanan
- 1933-52 A. Cumaraswamy[9]
- 1953-61 V. M. Asaipillai
- 1962-64 C. Sabaratnam
- 1964-71 N. Sabaratnam[10]
- 1971 M. Karthigesan
- 1971-75 E. Sabalingam[11]
- 1975-84 P. S. Kumaraswamy
- 1984-90 S. Ponnampalam
- 1990-91 K. S. Kugathasan
- 1991-96 A. Panchalingam
- 1996-05 A. Srikumaran
- 2005-14 V. Ganesarajah
- 2014 - I. Thayanandarajah
Alumni
Professor Siva Sivananthan, an old boy of Jaffna Hindu College is escorted by E. Saravanapavan, Member of Parliament(Jaffna District), Principal & Staff of Jaffna Hindu College and well-wishers to deliver a guest lecture at the 73rd Commemoration Day and Achievers' Special Lecture Event of the Rotary Club of Jaffna, which was held at Jaffna Hindu College on 15 April, 2014.
- K. Aiyadurai - Chairman of Jaffna Urban Council.[12]
- Eliathamby Ambikairajah - Head of the School of Electrical Engineering & Telecommunications, University of New South Wales.[13]
- P. Ayngaranesan - Provincial Minister of Agriculture.[14]
- A. M. A. Azeez - Member of the Senate, Assistant Government Agent, Principal of Zahira College, Colombo.[15][16][17]
- C. Balasingham - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health.[18]
- N. Balasubramaniam - Ambassador.[19]
- P. Balasundarampillai - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Jaffna.[19]
- C. Coomaraswamy - Member of the Senate, High Commissioner, Government Agent.[20]
- A. Cumarswamy - Principal of Jaffna Hindu College.[9]
- Yogendra Duraiswamy - Diplomat.[21][22]
- B. Gajatheepan - Member of the Northern Provincial Council for Jaffna District.[14]
- T. T. Jayaratnam - Principal of Mahajana College, Tellippalai.[23]
- Sri Ranga Jeyaratnam - Member of Parliament for Nuwara Eliya District and TV broadcaster.[24]
- K. Kailasapathy - President of the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.[25]
- V. Kailasapillai - Deputy Chairman of John Keells Holdings.[26][27]
- P. Kanagasabapathy - Dean of the Science Faculty, Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.[28]
- R. Kanagasuntheram - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna.[29]
- P. Kandiah - Member of Parliament for Point Pedro.[30][31]
- V. A. Kandiah - Member of Parliament for Kayts.[32]
- M. Kulasekaram - Vice Principal of Royal College, Colombo.
- Nalliah Kumaraguruparan - Member of the Western Provincial Council for Colombo District.[33]
- S. Mahadevan - Co-founder of Capital Maharaja.[34]
- S. Nadesan - Member of the Senate, leading lawyer.[35]
- S. Nagarajah - Mayor of Jaffna.[36]
- K. S. Naguleswaran - Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering.[37]
- K. V. Navaratnam - District Judge.[38]
- Kandiah Neelakandan - Lawyer.
- K. Palakidnar - President of the Court of Appeal.[39]
- V. M. Panchalingam - Government Agent for Jaffna District.[40]
- K. Parameswaran - Secretary of Ministry of Hindu Affairs.[41]
- Shiva Pasupati - Attorney General of Sri Lanka.[42][43]
- S. Rajandram - Co-founder of Capital Maharaja.[44]
- Vettivelu Sabanayagam - Deputy Director General of Education.[41]
- E. Saravanapavan - Member of Parliament for Jaffna District.[45]
- S. Selvanayagam - Head of the Department of Geography, University of Jaffna.[46][47]
- Shankar (Vaithilingam Sornalingam) - Senior member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
- Suppiah Sharvananda - Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Governor of the Western Province.[48][49][50]
- R. Sivagurunathan - Editor-in-Chief of Thinakaran.[51][52]
- Siva Sivananthan - Director of the Microphysics Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago.[53][54]
- T. Sivapragasapillai - Professor of Engineering.[41]
- V. Sivasubramaniam - Judge, Supreme Court of Ceylon.[55][56][57]
- T. Somasekaram - Surveyor General of Sri Lanka.[58][59]
- M. Srikantha - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Lands and Ministry of Irrigation & Power.[41]
- K. Sripavan - Chief Justice of Sri Lanka.[42][60][61][62]
- K. C. Thangarajah - Co-founder of Eelanadu, Chairman of Paper Mills Corporation.[19]
- K. Thavalingam - Surveyor General of Sri Lanka.[63][64]
- S. Thilainadaraja - Additional Secretary.[41]
- T. S. Thurairajah - Mayor of Jaffna.[19]
- N. A. Vaithialingam - Chief Engineer of Ceylon Government Railway.[41][65]
- C. Vanniasingam - Member of Parliament for Kopay, co-founder of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party).[66]
- Raja Viswanathan - Mayor of Jaffna.[19]
- N. Vithyatharan - Editor of Uthayan.[67]
- Manickam Yogeswaran - Musician.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Schools Basic Data as at 01.10.2010. Northern Provincial Council. 2010.
- ↑ "Province - Northern" (PDF). Schools Having Bilingual Education Programme. Ministry of Education.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "College History". Jaffna Hindu College.
- ↑ Mike, Tony (4 March 2012). "Fifth Battle of the Hindus drawn". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ "Jaffna's Battle of the Hindus today". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 30 April 2010.
- ↑ "Past Principals". Jaffna Hindu College.
- ↑ Manickavasagar, K. (2 January 2007). "Jaffna Central College Old Boys' Association centenary". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Arumugam 1997, pp. 188-189.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Arumugam 1997, p. 46.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 171.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 167.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 2.
- ↑ "Our Pioneer Old Boy, Prof Ambikairajah, Director of Academic Studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney". jaffnahindu.org. 14 July 2008.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Hindu old boys P.Ayngaranesan and B.Gajatheepan elected to NPC". jaffnahindu.org. 24 September 2013.
- ↑ Furkhan, M. T. A. (4 October 2011). "Dr. A M A Azeez - A Muslim Legend". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Ratnapuli, Rajindra C. (21 November 2010). "Dr. A.M.A. Azeez – He Placed Service Before Self". The Sunday Leader.
- ↑ Sirivardana, Susil (10 January 2010). "Dr. A. M. A. Azeez - Iconic Oration Builder". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 21.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Poolokasingham, C. S. (5 October 2008). "The Spirit of Pluralistic Learning in Jaffna". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 42.
- ↑ Dewaraja, Lorna (17 June 2004). "Yogendra Duraiswamy - he served the cause of ethnic peace". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Pulolyooran, Maylai (1 July 2001). "Crusader against injustice". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 62.
- ↑ "New faces in Parliament" (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 18 April 2010.
- ↑ R.S. Perinbanayagam, Sachi Sri Kantha. "Prof. K Kailasapathy Evaluated with his peers". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
- ↑ Neelakandan, Kandiah (5 April 2009). "Mr. V. Kailasapillai – ‘Manitha Neyar’ cum Financial Wizard". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 66–67.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 72.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 73–74.
- ↑ Nakkawita, Wijitha (22 February 2009). "A man who belonged to the whole country". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 78.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 78–79.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 87.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 94.
- ↑ "Reference to Death of late Mr.S.Nadesan, Queens Counsel made in Sri Lanka Supreme Court in Ceremonial sitting". Tamil Nation.
- ↑ "Former Mayor of Jaffna passes away". TamilNet. 9 May 2008.
- ↑ "TGTE member from New Zealand speaks on Vaddukkoaddai Resolution". TamilNet. 10 May 2010.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 119–120.
- ↑ Maniccavasagar, Chelvathamby (22 July 2011). "Justice Palakidnar was a mansion of noble thoughts". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 126–127.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.5 "Jaffna Hindu College OBA to honour distinguished Old Boys on Sunday". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 13 September 2003.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Hettiarachchi, Kumudini (11 November 2012). "Sivagurunathan of Ananda: He came from Jaffna". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Maneckshaw (23 April 2013). "The house that became the Uthayan office". Ceylon Today.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 150.
- ↑ Kotelawala, Himal (18 April 2010). "New Faces in Parliament" (PDF). The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). p. 8.
- ↑ The Glowing Tributes Paid to Late Prof. S. Selvanayagam.
- ↑ Subramaniam, V. (22 May 2005). "A beacon to family, friends". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (10 January 2013). "Former Chief Justice S. Sharvananda’s death anniversary today: Now, HE was Chief Justice!". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Palakidnar, Ananth (13 January 2007). "Sharvananda funeral today in Sydney". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ "Former Chief Justice Sharvananda is dead". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 28 January 2007.
- ↑ "Veteran journalist Siva dies". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 11 August 2003.
- ↑ Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (7 September 2012). "Kalasuri R. Sivagurunathan: A veteran journalist". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ "White House honoree pays tribute to his hometown in Jaffna". TamilNet. 2 June 2013.
- ↑ "Makes his mark in the US". Ceylon Today. 31 May 2013.
- ↑ Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (12 March 2003). "Justice V. Sivasubramaniam remembered : he was an ornament to the Judiciary". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (23 March 2003). "Justice Sivasubramaniam maintained a high degree of judicial statesmanship". The Island, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, pp. 205–206.
- ↑ Somasekaram, T. (23 March 2004). "http://www.island.lk/2004/03/23/featur02.html". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Somasekaram, T. (6 April 2002). "Reconditioning the public service". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ Maniccavasagar, Chelvatamby (16 March 2005). "Justice Sripavan to be felicitated". Daily News (Sri Lanka).
- ↑ "K. Sri Pavan sworn in as new Chief Justice". The Nation (Sri Lanka). 30 January 2015.
- ↑ Balachandran, P. K. (29 January 2015). "Sripavan Second Tamil to Become Lankan Chief Justice". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ "Colombo OBA - Executive Committee 2011". jaffnahindu.org.
- ↑ "Kanagaratnam Thavalingam". ekerni.com.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 238.
- ↑ Arumugam 1997, p. 242.
- ↑ "Mr.N.Vithyatharan, an acclaimed Tamil Journalist produced by Jaffna Hindu". jaffnahindu.org. 16 June 2010.
References
- Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon.
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