Kalutara Vidyalaya was founded in Kalutara on 6 January 1941 by Sir Cyril De Zoysa. The college was formed as the twin brother of Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya, the girls' school. On 13 January 1941 the college officially started with 11 teachers and 56 students. After only six months, the college became a senior secondary school. At the beginning, Kalutara Vidyalaya at the Martin Bungalow was a mixed school. On 7 January 1942, Kalutara Balika was established in Clammily House by Mr. P. de S. Kularatne, so Kalutara Vidyalaya became a boys' school. The first chapter of Kalutara Vidyalaya ended on 18 March 1942, when the Royal Air Force took the school for their use during World War II. After a short break, Kalutara Vidyalaya was restarted at Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya. Sir Cyril De Zoysa noticed that it is hard to develop two schools and handed over his Brookline House to the Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya. In April 1946, the college began free education and was handed over to the government. In 1998 the college became a National School. Today the school has about 3,500 students and more than 120 teachers.
Prasanna 'Perry' Perera - first student of the Kalutara Vidyalaya
Houses
The boys are divided into four houses, led by house captains. The houses compete in inter-house games and house colours are awarded to winners. The houses are:
Sena
Tissa
Tilaka
Anura
Principals
01 Mr. D.D.P. Samaraweera 02 Mr. H.M. Darmapriya 03 Mr. C.D.S. Siriwardane 04 Mr. Layanal Lokuliyane 05 Mr. M.B. Rathnayake 06 Mr. D.A. Weerasinghe 07 Mr. Dencil A. Silva 08 Mr. Upali Philip Senarathne 09 Mr. Gamini Goonerathne 10 Mr. A.G. de Silva 11 Mr. A.G. Weththasinghe 12 Mr. Thanthirige D. Ariyasena 13.Mr. H. Sarathchndra Silva 13 Mr. P.W. Nelson Perera 14 Mr. Mithrasena Ratiyala 15 Mr. K.A.D Punyadasa 16 Mr. I.D. Piyarathne 17 Mr. Mahanama Siriwardena 18 Mr. H.M. Gunarathne 19 Mr. K. Rathnaweera Perera 20.Mr. M. Sarathchndra Silva 21.Mr. K.I.J. Peris
Battle of the Mangosteen
The annual cricket encounter between Kalutara Vidyalaya and Tissa Central College, known as the "Battle of the Mangosteen", has been held since 1949. It is the second-oldest battle between the two leading Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka and the 11th-oldest school cricket encounter in Sri Lanka. Of the 60 matches played Kalutara Vidyalaya has won 23, Tissa Central has won 6 and 32 matches have been drawn.
