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= Sir D.B. Jayatilaka Memorial Dharmaraja College Archives, Kandy=
= Sir D.B. Jayatilaka Memorial Dharmaraja College Archives, Kandy=
====Preserving  the History, Values and Traditions of the Dharmaraja College====
==Preserving  the History, Values and Traditions of the Dharmaraja College==
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*Dharmaraja College Archives was established in 2002 with the guidance of the National Archives.
*The Archives collect the documents of Dharmaraja to preserve them for posterity.
*The Archives is the official custodian of the documents of the college.
*Collecting more than 130 years of Dharmaraja history and maintaining it is an enormous task.
*Therefore Dharmaraja College Archives have started this website as a private Wikipedia so that all Rajans can collaboratively complete relevant pages of the College's History. Please find/make the relevant pages for you and update them.
 
 
 
 
*Please Note: We are improving this site continuously as the data collected from 2002 is to be entered and also new data is being collected. Therefore some of the pages could be empty.
*If you wish to contribute or have comments, please get in touch with the President, Dharmaraja College Archives Foundation through archives.dharmaraja@gmail.com </pre>




==Quotations about preserving the history==
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A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.-Marcus Garvey
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.-Marcus Garvey
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The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. — George Orwell
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. — George Orwell
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[[File:ARCHIVESBUILDING.JPG|800px|center]]
*The Dharmaraja College Archives is the official custodian of the documents of the college.
*The Archives collect the documents of Dharmaraja to preserve them for posterity.
*Collecting more than 130 years of Dharmaraja history and maintaining it for posterity is enormous.
*Therefore Dharmaraja College Archives have started this website so that all Rajans can collaboratively complete relevant pages of the College History. Please find/make the relevant pages for you and update them.
*Please Note: We are improving this site continuously as the data collected from 2002 to be entered and also new data is being collected. Therefore some of the pages could be empty.
*If you wish to contribute or have comments, please get in touch with the President, Dharmaraja College Archives Foundation through archives.dharmaraja@gmail.com </pre>

Latest revision as of 02:47, 22 June 2024

Sir D.B. Jayatilaka Memorial Dharmaraja College Archives, Kandy

Preserving the History, Values and Traditions of the Dharmaraja College

  • Dharmaraja College Archives was established in 2002 with the guidance of the National Archives.
  • The Archives collect the documents of Dharmaraja to preserve them for posterity.
  • The Archives is the official custodian of the documents of the college.
  • Collecting more than 130 years of Dharmaraja history and maintaining it is an enormous task.
  • Therefore Dharmaraja College Archives have started this website as a private Wikipedia so that all Rajans can collaboratively complete relevant pages of the College's History. Please find/make the relevant pages for you and update them.



  • Please Note: We are improving this site continuously as the data collected from 2002 is to be entered and also new data is being collected. Therefore some of the pages could be empty.
  • If you wish to contribute or have comments, please get in touch with the President, Dharmaraja College Archives Foundation through archives.dharmaraja@gmail.com


Quotations about preserving the history

A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.-Marcus Garvey

Study the past and you would define the future. — Confucius

We are not makers of history. We are made by history. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. — Edmund Burke

A generation which ignores history has no past—and no future. — Robert A. Heinlein

If you don't know history, then you don't know anything. You are a leaf that doesn't know it is part of a tree. — Michael Crichton

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. — George Orwell