1881 january 1st: the inheritance of the sinhalese buddhist "sarasavi sandaresa"
1881 february 8th: the arrival of col. olcott at dharmopakari society maradana colombo.
1885 may 29th: the arrival of mr. c. w. leadbeater at "sarasavi sandaresa".
1886 october 22nd: a buddhist english hall has established.
1886 october 23rd: a meeting of the buddhist public was held at pettah under the patronage of ven. hikkaduwe sri sumangala thera.
1886 november 1st: an english buddhist school was inaugurated at no. 61, maliban street.
- c. w. leadbeater becomes the first principal of "ananda today".
- 37 students attended the first session
- mr. c. w. leadbeater inaugurated sunday schools for the teaching of buddhism to the schoolteachers.
1889 january 16th: the first prize giving was held under the patronage of col. olcott. submitting of applications to the registration of schools.
1889 march: the registration of the english buddhist school there were 120 students. m/s. bath and oliver jams graduates of the madras university join the teaching staff.
1889 may 27th: the first examination was held. the proceeds of the examination amounted to rs.359.50 cts.
1889 august: the shifting of the english buddhist school from no. 61, maliban street to a more spacious premises at no.19 prince street.
1889 december: the first anandian to pass the cambridge junior examination was mr. j. p. r. weerasuriya.
1890 - mr. a. e. buultjens assigned as principal. mr. d. a. wittachi acted as the principal till mr. buultjens assigned.
1890 march 1st: due to the agitation of a catholic school principal saying that the transfer was against the educational constitution thereby shifting of the english buddhist school from no.19 prince street to no.54 maliban street.
1890 october: the second prize giving was held under the patronage of col. olcott at no. 54 maliban street.
1891 november: c. c. jayatissa was the first sri lankan to pass the cambridge junior examination in the german language who was an anandian.
1892 september: student enrollment reaches 200.
1893 november: a building fund was inaugurated.
1892-1895 - ven. sri sumangala thera held the post of manager.
1894 - the student population rose up to 270.
1894 january 1st: mudliyar tudor rajapaksha donated 3.2/1 acre of land from paranawadiya to the college.
1895 august 17th: the school known as the pettah english buddhist school was renamed ananda college at paranawadiya permanently.
note: courtesy of jayantha bibile