Dr   Charles Alwis Hewavitharana  and  Edmund Hewavitarne . Sri Lanka was then a  British  colony known as Ceylon, so Hewavitarne's state  education  was an  English  one: he attended C.M.S. Boys School (Christian College), Kotte, St Benedict's College, Kotahene, S. Thomas's College, Mt Lavinia and the Colombo Academy. This was a