R. A. Mirando
Richard Adrian Mirando (23 May 1854 – 2 June 1915) was a Ceylonese industrialist and philanthropist. Educated at the Colombo Academy. After completing his schooling 1879, Mirando went into private business. He established the Mirando Co and became a successful cinnamon and graphite exporter, as well as a landed proprietor and estate owner. From 1905 to 1915, he served as the Vice-President of the Graphite Merchants United Society. An active member of the Buddhist resurgence, he was the President if the Colombo Buddhist Theosophical Society from 1892 to 1915, the first contributor to the Buddhist National Fund  and served as the first manager of the Ananda College, Colombo after the English Buddhist School was renamed in 1895 and served till 1915. In addition he was a Member Buddhist Defence Committee, a temperance leader, a delegate to Discuss Grievances of the Buddhist with the British Governor 1903. He was shot by police during the 1915 riots and died on 2 June 1915 with the death recorded as an accidental death. The Government of Sri Lanka, issued a postage stamp in 1992, commemorating Mirando as a national hero.