Old Rajans Scout Association: Difference between revisions

| name = Old Rajans Scouts Association

| f-date = 12th November 1978

| country = Sri Lanka

| website = www.oldrajansscouts.org

===Dharmaraja Centenary JIM 1987===

When Dharmaraja College celebrated the Centenary year in 1987 (1887-1987),<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/06/24/mon10.asp | title= Dharmaraja College| work= Sunday Observer | date=June 24, 20012|author=Ananda Melpitiya | year=2008 |accessdate=2013-01-19}}</ref> 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group and the Old Rajans Scout Association organized the '''Dharmaraja Centenary JIM 1987''' from 18 to 22 February 1987. It was also the 75th Anniversary of the [[Sri Lanka Scout Association]]. It consisted of [[Cub Scout]]s, Scouts, [[Rover Scout|Rovers]] and [[Scout Leader]]s totalling to 1000, which makes it a one of the largest in the whole world.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/12/21/foc11.asp | title= Dharmaraja scouts score many firsts| work= Sunday Observer | date=December 21, 2008|author=Ananda Melpitiya | accessdate=2013-01-12}}</ref>

===DESAI Jamborette 1994===

1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group celebrated 80 years of scouting with DESAI (Dharmaraja Eighieth Scout Anniversary International) Jamborette from 18 to 22 February 1994. DESAI organized jointly by the 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group and Old Rajans Scout Association.

===Rajans Venture '97===

Dharmaraja College celebrated its 110th Anniversary in year 1997 by organizing a series of events. As part of that, 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group and Old Rajans Scout Association jointly organized the "''Rajans Venture '97''" from 18 to 22 February 1997. It was the first adventure program to be held in Sri Lanka with, Water Activities, Hiking, and Ground Activities.

1st Kandy Dharamaraja Scout Group together with Old Rajans Scout Association organized the Rajans Millennium Jamboree from 18 to 22 February 2000, to commemorate the dawn of the new millennium and to celebrate the winning of Island Merit flag for best [[Scout Group]] in Sri Lanka for consecutive years from 1996.

===Rajans JIM 2003===

Year 2003 marked the 90 years of scouting at 1st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group. To celebrate the 90 years, 1^st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group and Old Rajans Scout Association jointly organized the "Rajans JIM 2003" from 14 to 20 August 2003.<ref>{{cite news

|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2008/11/30/new39.asp

|quote= ... the Group and the Association have organised five international events - Dharmaraja Centenary JIM in 1987, DESAI Jamborette in 1994, Rajans Venture in 1997, Rajans Millennium Jamboree in 2000 and the Rajans JIM 2003 in 2003 on a grand scale to commemorate their long history.}}</ref> This was the 5th International Scout Program to be organized and held at the Lake View Park International Scout Centre.

1^st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2008 by organizing an adventure and leadership program named "''RANSAI 2008''" from 26^th to 30^th December 2008<ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajansransai.appspot.com/ | title=RANSAI Official Web | accessdate=2013-06-16 | author=Organizing Committee of RANSAI 2008}}</ref><ref name="RANSAI"/>.

===RISGO Centennial 2013===

'''RISGO CENTENNIAL ''' ('''R'''ajans '''I'''nternational '''S'''cout '''G'''athering '''Of''' '''Centennial''' )  2013 ( '''රිස්ගෝ - සියවස් සැමරුම් ජාත්යන්තර බාලදක්ෂ එකමුතුව'''), was an International Scout Jamboree to mark the Centenary Celebrations of 1^st Kandy Dharmaraja Scout Group  (1913 - 2013) of Dharmaraja College, Kandy, Sri Lanka from 18 to 22 February 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=RISGO Centennial 2013|url=http://www.srilankascouts.lk/en/the-news/192-risgo-centennial-2013.html|publisher=Sri Lanka Scout Association|accessdate=2013-01-08}}</ref><ref name="scout">{{cite web | url=http://www.scout.org/en/information_events/events/international_events/events_database | title=Scouting Events Database |publisher= World Scout Bureau Inc. |year=2013| accessdate=2013-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.risgo.info/ |title=RISGO 2013 |publisher=RISGO |date= |accessdate=2013-04-26}}{{Primary-source-inline|date=April 2013}}</ref>

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