Facts: - battles: 1971 1987-89 insurrection , sri lankan civil war , insurrection - commands: deputy chief of staff of the sri lankan army - allegiance: sri lanka sri lanka - awards: rana sura padakkama , uttama seva padakkama - unit: sri lanka sinha regiment - name: gemunu kulatunge - branch: sri lanka army - rank: major general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gemunu kulatunge .
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major general gemunu kulatunge , rsp , usp , ndc , psc , sri lanka sinha regiment is a sri lankan general , who was the former deputy chief of staff of the sri lanka army .educated at royal college , colombo , he joined the army after leaving school and was commissioned into the ceylon sinha regiment as a second lieutenant .general kulatunge is a graduate of the national defence college , india .he was awarded the rana sura padakkama -lrb- rsp -rrb- , uttama seva padakkama -lrb- usp -rrb- , the sri lanka armed services long service medal , the riviresa campaign services medal , the purna bhumi padakkama and the north and east operations medal .