Jaffna_Hindu_College
Jaffna Hindu College
Public national school in Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Jaffna Hindu College (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் இந்துக் கல்லூரி, romanized: Yāḻppāṇam Intuk Kallūri; Sinhala: යාපනය හින්දු විද්යාලය, romanized: Yāpanaya Hindu Vidyālaya; abbreviated as JHC) is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.[1][2] It was founded in 1887 by a group of Hindu people who wanted an English language alternative to the Christian missionary schools.
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| Jaffna Hindu College யாழ்ப்பாணம் இந்துக் கல்லூரி යාපනය හින්දු විද්යාලය | |
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K. K. S. Road , , 40000 | |
| Coordinates | 9°40′42.70″N 80°0′43.60″E |
| Information | |
| School type | Public national 1AB |
| Established | 23 October 1890; 133 years ago (1890-10-23) |
| School district | Jaffna Education Zone |
| Authority | Ministry of Education |
| School number | 1002002 |
| Principal | Ratnam Senthilmaran |
| Teaching staff | 86 |
| Grades | 6-13 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 11-19 |
| School roll | 2,311 |
| Language | Tamil, English |
| Website | www.jhc.lk |
2010 January annular solar eclipse: Jaffna Hindu College students gazing at the sun | |
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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]
JHC play Hindu College Colombo in an annual cricket match known as the Battle of the Hindus.[4] The first match took place in 2008.[5]
- 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
- 2014–17 I. Thayanandarajah
- 2019 - Ratnam Senthilmaran
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- R. Kanagasuntheram – Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna[29]
- P. Kandiah – Member of Parliament for Point Pedro[30][31]
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- 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. Navaratnam – Member of Parliament for Jaffna District[38]
- K. V. Navaratnam – District Judge[39]
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- T. Somasekaram – Surveyor General of Sri Lanka[62][63]
- M. Srikantha – Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Lands and Ministry of Irrigation & Power[42]
- K. Sripavan – Chief Justice of Sri Lanka[43][64][65][66]
- S. Sritharan – Member of Parliament for Jaffna District[67]
- K. C. Thangarajah – co-founder of Eelanadu, Chairman of Paper Mills Corporation[19]
- K. Thavalingam – Surveyor General of Sri Lanka[68][69]
- S. Thilainadaraja – Additional Secretary[42]
- Thileepan (Rasaiah Parthipan) – member of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam who died while on hunger strike[70][71][72]
- T. S. Thurairajah – Mayor of Jaffna[19]
- N. A. Vaithialingam – Chief Engineer of Ceylon Government Railway[42][73]
- C. Vanniasingam – Member of Parliament for Kopay, co-founder of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party)[74]
- Raja Viswanathan – Mayor of Jaffna[19]
- N. Vithyatharan – editor of Uthayan[75]
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