{"id":15,"date":"2022-08-22T03:58:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T03:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/124.43.161.120\/ipa.police.lk\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2022-09-07T12:23:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T12:23:51","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr. Stanley Senanayake, the then Inspector General of Police\u00a0was the first President of the Sri Lanka Section, whilst Mr. S. Vamadevan , the then Deputy Inspector General of Police Metropolitan Range\u00a0was the first National Secretary General.<\/p>\n

Mr Vamadevan was the pioneer co-funder responsible in forming of International Police Association Section in Sri Lanka and was personally responsible in securing the membership of the association with the IPA in Graz, Austria in the year 1974.<\/p>\n

The first meeting of the Section was held at the Police Library on 16th<\/sup>\u00a0January 1973, during which meeting the first National Executive Committee was elected. Our Section which was formed on 16.01.1973 was recognized as a self governing National Section on 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0September 1974 at the International Executive Council meeting held in Graz, Austria in 1974.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n

\"Mr.
Mr. Stanley Senanayake<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
\n

\"Mr.
Mr. S. Vamadevan<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For the first time, a friendship week was organized by the Section in the year 2000, followed by 6 other international friendship week events in the years 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2018.<\/p>\n

For the first time a Permanent Executive Board\u00a0 (PEB) meeting of the IPA was held in 2008 in Sri Lanka which was the first such meeting that was held covering the Asian Region.<\/p>\n

The then International President Mr.Michael Odeysseos, who hails from Cyprus, Visited Sri Lanka on three occasions and in particular after the tsunami was hit effecting devastation in the country. Subsequent to an appeal made to the PEB for emergency aid after the Tsunami, Sri Lanka Section received funds from most of the member countries worldwide totaling to Sri Lankan Rupees 9,474,880.41 and these monies were distributed amongst 224 affected Police officers through-out the island PHQ.<\/p>\n

Of the monies received directly from IPA German Section, totaling a sum of LKR 3,730,298.75,\u00a0 part of this contribution was used for the construction of a house for the children of a diseased police Sergeant who lost his life in Galle on the day of\u00a0 the Tsunami whilst engaged in saving the lives of Civilians.<\/p>\n

IPA Sri Lanka is a live and an active organization in the Asian Region and enjoys a good reputation among all Sections in the world. Further, our Section is recognized as one amongst few hospitable Sections, well considered as a friendly and a caring nation<\/p>\n

MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELD MEMBERSHIP OVER\u00a025 YEARS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\n

Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Membership No<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

New<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Old<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

01<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Abdul Rahuman M.H.<\/td>\n\n

01\/01\/1992<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0121<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

87\/75<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

28\/10\/1975<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

02<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Anandarajah T.E.<\/td>\n\n

31\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0005<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

38\/75<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

17\/10\/1975<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

03<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Canagaretnam I.T. \u2013 (Late)<\/td>\n\n

22\/04\/1992<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0057<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

03\/74<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

14\/06\/1974<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

04<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Dassanayake L.Asela<\/td>\n\n

08\/01\/1992<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0105<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

35\/88<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

01\/01\/1988<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

05<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Dias T.G.Hemachand\u2019ra<\/td>\n\n

07\/02\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0021<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

37\/88<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

01\/05\/1988<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

06<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Perera M.D. \u2013 ( Late )<\/td>\n\n

31\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0012<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

01\/74<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

19\/06\/1974<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

07<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Perimpanayagam T<\/td>\n\n

08\/11\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

0050<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

67\/76<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

02\/08\/1976<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

08<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Vere de Alwis ( Founder Member)<\/td>\n\n

\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/h5>\n
MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELD MEMBERSHIP OVER 20 YEARS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\n

Name<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Date<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Membership No<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

New<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Old<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Abdul Hai S.L.<\/td>\n\n

01\/06\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

083<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Adikari P.H.Ramani Sriyal<\/td>\n\n

23\/04\/1992<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

114<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Ariyasinghe J.D.Mithra.<\/td>\n\n

05\/06\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

003<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Balasooriya Mahinda ( Late )<\/td>\n\n

24\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

027<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

De Silva T.Indra<\/td>\n\n

24\/04\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

015<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

de Silva T.P.F.<\/td>\n\n

31\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

002<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Delgoda Nalin<\/td>\n\n

01\/01\/1992<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

109<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Ekanayake P.B.<\/td>\n\n

05\/02\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

004<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Ekanayake W.M.<\/td>\n\n

27\/12\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

104<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

10<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Guganesam S.Sri<\/td>\n\n

26\/02\/1992<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

111<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Illangakoon N.K.<\/td>\n\n

01\/06\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

052<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

12<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Jayah T.H.<\/td>\n\n

13\/02\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

018<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Kamaldeen M.A.<\/td>\n\n

26\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

043<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Karunaratne P.D.K.<\/td>\n\n

01\/06\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

067<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Karunathilake H.Gamini<\/td>\n\n

25\/02\/1992<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

112<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Kotakadeniya H.M.G.B.<\/td>\n\n

31\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

006<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

17<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Kumarasinghe Soma<\/td>\n\n

24\/02\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

046<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Kumarasiri K.Gamage<\/td>\n\n

11\/06\/1984<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

796<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

19<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Liyanage B.M.<\/td>\n\n

27\/04\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

023<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

20<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Liyanage S.M.P.<\/td>\n\n

26\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

017<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

21<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mahagamage Nimal<\/td>\n\n

24\/07\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

074<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Pabawathie E.M.<\/td>\n\n

24\/02\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

047<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

23<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Perera W.P.F.Hector<\/td>\n\n

26\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

040<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

24<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Randeni S.G.<\/td>\n\n

26\/12\/1990<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

011<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

25<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Samarakoon Nihal T.B.<\/td>\n\n

05\/06\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

059<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

26<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Selviah Tilak Srikantha<\/td>\n\n

28\/01\/1992<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

107<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

27<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Senanayake Srijah G<\/td>\n\n

09\/09\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

062<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

28<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Seneviratne Wijaya<\/td>\n\n

26\/04\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

016<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

29<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Silva M.V.Senaka<\/td>\n\n

01\/06\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

065<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

30<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Sivendran S<\/td>\n\n

25\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

026<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

31<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Udugampola Kulasiri<\/td>\n\n

13\/09\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

085<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

32<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Upasena Justin Charles<\/td>\n\n

26\/02\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

020<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

33<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Wickramasinghe S.M.<\/td>\n\n

26\/01\/1991<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

041<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

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Mr. Stanley Senanayake, the then Inspector General of Police\u00a0was the first President of the Sri Lanka Section, whilst Mr. S. Vamadevan , the then Deputy Inspector General of Police Metropolitan Range\u00a0was the first National Secretary General. Mr Vamadevan was the pioneer co-funder responsible in forming of International Police Association Section in Sri Lanka and was personally responsible in securing the membership of the association with the IPA in Graz, Austria in the year 1974. The first meeting of the Section was held at the Police Library on 16th\u00a0January 1973, during which meeting the first National Executive Committee was elected. Our Section which was formed on 16.01.1973 was recognized as a self governing National Section on 3rd\u00a0September 1974 at the International Executive Council meeting held in Graz, Austria in 1974. For the first time, a friendship week was organized by the Section in the year 2000, followed by 6 other international friendship week events in the years 2003, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2018. For the first time a Permanent Executive Board\u00a0 (PEB) meeting of the IPA was held in 2008 in Sri Lanka which was the first such meeting that was held covering the Asian Region. The then International President Mr.Michael Odeysseos, who hails from Cyprus, Visited Sri Lanka on three occasions and in particular after the tsunami was hit effecting devastation in the country. Subsequent to an appeal made to the PEB for emergency aid after the Tsunami, Sri Lanka Section received funds from most of the member countries worldwide totaling to Sri Lankan Rupees 9,474,880.41 and these monies were distributed amongst 224 affected Police officers through-out the island PHQ. Of the monies received directly from IPA German Section, totaling a sum of LKR 3,730,298.75,\u00a0 part of this contribution was used for the construction of a house for the children of a diseased police Sergeant who lost his life in Galle on the day of\u00a0 the Tsunami whilst engaged in saving the lives of Civilians. IPA Sri Lanka is a live and an active organization in the Asian Region and enjoys a good reputation among all Sections in the world. Further, our Section is recognized as one amongst few hospitable Sections, well considered as a friendly and a caring nation MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELD MEMBERSHIP OVER\u00a025 YEARS Name Date Membership No Date New Old 01 Abdul Rahuman M.H. 01\/01\/1992 0121 87\/75 28\/10\/1975 02 Anandarajah T.E. 31\/01\/1991 0005 38\/75 17\/10\/1975 03 Canagaretnam I.T. \u2013 (Late) 22\/04\/1992 0057 03\/74 14\/06\/1974 04 Dassanayake L.Asela 08\/01\/1992 0105 35\/88 01\/01\/1988 05 Dias T.G.Hemachand\u2019ra 07\/02\/1991 0021 37\/88 01\/05\/1988 06 Perera M.D. \u2013 ( Late ) 31\/01\/1991 0012 01\/74 19\/06\/1974 07 Perimpanayagam T 08\/11\/1991 0050 67\/76 02\/08\/1976 08 Vere de Alwis ( Founder Member) MEMBERS WHO HAVE HELD MEMBERSHIP OVER 20 YEARS Name Date Membership No New Old 1 Abdul Hai S.L. 01\/06\/1991 083 2 Adikari P.H.Ramani Sriyal 23\/04\/1992 114 3 Ariyasinghe J.D.Mithra. 05\/06\/1991 003 4 Balasooriya Mahinda ( Late ) 24\/01\/1991 027 5 De Silva T.Indra 24\/04\/1991 015 6 de Silva T.P.F. 31\/01\/1991 002 7 Delgoda Nalin 01\/01\/1992 109 8 Ekanayake P.B. 05\/02\/1991 004 9 Ekanayake W.M. 27\/12\/1991 104 10 Guganesam S.Sri 26\/02\/1992 111 11 Illangakoon N.K. 01\/06\/1991 052 12 Jayah T.H. 13\/02\/1991 018 13 Kamaldeen M.A. 26\/01\/1991 043 14 Karunaratne P.D.K. 01\/06\/1991 067 15 Karunathilake H.Gamini 25\/02\/1992 112 16 Kotakadeniya H.M.G.B. 31\/01\/1991 006 17 Kumarasinghe Soma 24\/02\/1991 046 18 Kumarasiri K.Gamage 11\/06\/1984 796 19 Liyanage B.M. 27\/04\/1991 023 20 Liyanage S.M.P. 26\/01\/1991 017 21 Mahagamage Nimal 24\/07\/1991 074 22 Pabawathie E.M. 24\/02\/1991 047 23 Perera W.P.F.Hector 26\/01\/1991 040 24 Randeni S.G. 26\/12\/1990 011 25 Samarakoon Nihal T.B. 05\/06\/1991 059 26 Selviah Tilak Srikantha 28\/01\/1992 107 27 Senanayake Srijah G 09\/09\/1991 062 28 Seneviratne Wijaya 26\/04\/1991 016 29 Silva M.V.Senaka 01\/06\/1991 065 30 Sivendran S 25\/01\/1991 026 31 Udugampola Kulasiri 13\/09\/1991 085 32 Upasena Justin Charles 26\/02\/1991 020 33 Wickramasinghe S.M. 26\/01\/1991 041<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.police.lk\/ipa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}