B. D. Rampala

Male, Person

1910 –

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Who is B. D. Rampala?

Bamunusinghearachchige Don Rampala, MBE was Chief Mechanical Engineer and later General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways. He was the first native Sri Lankan to hold the post of Chief Mechanical Engineer. In 1956, the Institution of Locomotive Engineers in London recognised Rampala as the finest diesel engineer in Asia at the time.

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Born
Nov 14, 1910
Pannipitiya
Education
  • Ananda College
  • Nalanda College Colombo
Employment
  • Sri Lanka Railways

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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