| 1917 Jan 16th |
Buddhist Girls' College opened at Turret road,
Colombo. 20 students enrolled with Dr. Banning as Principal
and Mr. W. A. De Silva as Trustee. |
| 1921 |
First head girl - Ida Gunawardena First Prize Giving
First Sports Meet |
| 1923 |
Enrollment of Girl Guides |
| 1927 |
Renaming of the school to Visakha Vidyalaya at new
premises at Vajira Road |
| 1929 |
Old Girls' Day Celebration |
| 1933 |
Passing away of Mrs. Jeremias Dias |
| 1934 |
Founding of the Old Girls' Association |
| 1946 |
Science introduced into the curriculum |
| 1947 |
The First Visakha Jayanthi celebrations at the school premises Conferred Grade 1 status
Naming of the Houses - Dias, Dawes, Jayatilleka & Motwani |
| 1952 |
Becomes a non fee levying School |
| 1952 |
The 2nd Visakha Jayanthi at the school premises Staging of the "Visakha Geetha Natakaya" Gifting of the Geethanjali Amarasuriya Memorial Library |
| 1961 |
Management taken over by the State. |
| 1967 |
Visakha Swarna Jayanthi celebrations at the Race Course, Colombo |
| 1971 |
Obtains new sports grounds
Pulimood House is begun |
| 1982 |
Visakha Jayanthi Carnival |
| 1983 |
Opening of the Jeremias Dias Memorial Hall by the President of Sri Lanka The "Bo maluwa" & its surrounding hall completed & gifted by
Mr. U.N.G. Gunasekera |
| 1987 |
Sports pavilion gifted by the OGA "Avurudu Pola" organised by the OGA |
| 1992 |
75th anniversary celebrations - School Exhibition, Re-staging of
"Visakha Geetha Natakaya", Trade & Fun fair at The Sathutu
Uyana, Colombo. |
| 1993 |
A second modern computer unit was donated to the school by the Association. |
| 1997 |
Felicitation for the members over 70 years, to celebrate the twin anniversary of the school being named as Visakha Vidyalaya and its relocation at Vajira Road. |
| 1998 |
The Visakha Vidyalaya website - www.visakhav.org - was launched on Independence Day, 04th February, and mainly funded by the old girls in the USA. This website is widely accessed and has enhanced communication between old girls.
The hit musical 'Fiddler on the Roof' had a successful three
night run at the Lionel Wendt Theatre from June 05 - 07.
Establishment of the Clara Motwani Welfare Fund for the benefit of
the staff.The Visakha Vidyalaya archives were established by
the OGA and declared open by Mrs. M.N. Edussuriya on her
last day of office as principal. |
| 2001 |
Agatha Christie's 'Mousetrap" staged at the Lionel Wendt. |
| 2002 |
The first ever 'Visakhians in Concert' was staged at the Jeremias Dias hall where the old girls presented an evening of music song and dance. |
| 2003 |
On August 24th was a gala dinner theatre '30 Days in September', an outdoor extravaganza on the lawns of the Taj Samudra. |
| 2004 |
Giving a helping hand to computer education at Visakha, the
OGA donated a state-of-the-art computer centre to school on 01st Dec. |
| 2005 |
The OGA air-conditioned the Geethanjali Amarasuriya Memorial Library. |
