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.

Rampala was born onNovember 1910 in Pannipitiya Rukmale. He received his education at Nalanda College Colombo amp Ananda College Colombo.

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