Patrick de Silva Kularatne

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Hon. Patrick de Silva Kularatne
Born	(1893-03-31)31 March 1893 Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
Died	16 November 1976(1976-11-16) (aged 83)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Alma mater	Richmond College, Galle Wesley College, Colombo, University of London
Occupation(s)	Teacher and politician

Patrick de Silva Kularatne (31 March 1893 – 16 November 1976) (known as P de S Kularatne) was a Sri Lankan (Sinhala Buddhist) educationist and politician. He was a Member of the State Council of Ceylon (1942-1947) and Member of Parliament (1960-1965). He served as Principal of Ananda College and Dharmaraja College and established Nalanda College Colombo, Ananda Balika Vidyalaya, Moratuwa Vidyalaya and Dharmapala Vidyalaya. As a member of the executive committee on Education, he played an instrumental role in the realisation of free education from kindergarten to university.^[1][2]