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    John Kotelawala

    Sri Lankan politician

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  1. The academy was elevated to university status by the Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy (Amendment) Act No. 27 of 1988, and it was renamed General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University on October 11, 2007.

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  2. 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 ...

    • සිය රටටමයි කවදත්, (“For The Motherland Forever”)
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  4. The University is situated in Ratmalana on a 48-acre plot of land that was formerly the residence of the late General Sir John Kotelawala, Sri Lanka’s third prime minister. This stunning estate is enhanced by a magnificent lake, its natural surroundings, and a variety of rare and unusual species of fauna and flora that have been meticulously ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. The General Sir John Kotelawala Defence Academy was formally opened in 1981 to enable young officers to gain higher academic qualifications. In 1988 the institution was elevated to university status, and now has nine academic faculties offering over 34 undergraduate and postgraduate degrees: defence and strategic studies; medicine; engineering; law; management, social sciences and humanities ...

  7. Welcome to the Faculty of Defence Studies and Strategic Studies A leading university with a global approach, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) is the only university offering graduate courses in defence studies in the South Asian region. Being a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (United Kingdom), we ...

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