B. D. Rampala

B.D Rampala
As the General Manager of CGR.
Born14 November 1910
Pannipitiya, British Ceylon
Died20 June 1994(1994-06-20) (aged 83)
EducationKottawa Ananda Maha Vidyalaya (then Kottawa Buddhist Mix School), Nalanda College, Colombo
Ananda College, Colombo, University of Ceylon
OccupationEngineer
EmployerSri Lanka Railways
Known forThe first Ceylonese Chief Mechanical Engineer and general manager of Sri Lanka Railways

Bamunusinghearachchige Don Rampala MBE (14 November 1910 – 20 June 1994), popularly known as B. D. Rampala, was a 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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