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  2. General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University - Wikipedia

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    The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy (the Defence University of Sri Lanka) was inaugurated on 11 October 1980 on a 48-acre (190,000 m 2) estate donated by the late General Sir John Kotelawala, CH, KBE, LLD, a former Prime Minister of Ceylon. The KDU functions under the motto For The Motherland Forever, a dictum followed by General ...

  3. John Kotelawala - Wikipedia

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    General Sir John Lionel Kotelawala[1] CH KBE KStJ PC (Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් ජෝන් ලයනල් කොතලාවල; 4 April 1897 – 2 October 1980) was a Sri Lankan statesman, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1953 to 1956. Born to a wealthy landholding and mining family, Kotelawala had a ...

  4. Sri Lanka Armed Forces Training Institutions - Wikipedia

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    Kotelawala Defence University: The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) (Sinhala: ජෙනරාල් සර් ජෝන් කොතලාවල ආරක්ෂක විශ්ව විද්‍යාලය), Ratmalana was founded in 1981 as the Kotelawala Defence Academy to conduct bachelor's degree programs for military ...

  5. List of universities in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    University of Sri Lanka. The University of Sri Lanka was a public university in Sri Lanka. Established in 1972 by amalgamating the four existing universities, it was the only university in Sri Lanka from 1972 until 1978. The university was based at six campuses in Colombo, Peradeniya, Sri Jayewardenepura, Kelaniya, Moratuwa and Jaffna.

  6. Milinda Peiris - Wikipedia

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    Major General (retd) Milinda Peiris RWP RSP USP VSV LOM ndc psc was the Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Army. [1] [2] [3] Major General Milinda served as Vice Chancellor (VC) of the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) from January 16, 2020 to August 2023 for second occasion. Milinda's previous tenure as Vice Chancellor of KDU ...

  7. Sri Lanka Army - Wikipedia

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    The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) formed in 1981 and situated in Ratmalana, fourteen kilometres south of Colombo, as only university specializing in defence studies in the island. Each year, approximately fifty cadets from all three services are admitted to the university (aged 18–22) to participate in a three-year ...

  8. Association of Commonwealth Universities - Wikipedia

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    London, England, UK. Secretary General. Colin Riordan [ 1 ] Website. acu.ac.uk. The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is a charitable organization that was established in 1913, and has over 400 member institutions in over 40 countries across the Commonwealth. [ 2 ] The ACU is the world's oldest international network of universities.

  9. Sri Lanka Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) formed in 1981 and situated in Ratmalana, fourteen kilometres south of Colombo, is Sri Lanka's only university specialising in defence studies. Apart from postgraduate defence studies each year, approximately fifty cadets from all three services are admitted to the university (aged 18 ...