Jaffna Hindu College

Jaffna Hindu College is a national school in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1886 by a group of Hindu people who wanted an English language alternative to the Christian missionary schools.HistoryIn the late 19th century all the English language schools in the area were run by Christian missionaries. In 1886 Williams Nevins Muthukumaru Sithamparapillai founded The Native Town High School. The school encountered financial problems and in 1889 it was taken over by S. Nagalingam who re-located it to Vananarponnai. The school was renamed Nagalingam Town High School. In 1890 the school was handed over to the Jaffna Saiva (Samaya) Paripalana Sabhai. The school was moved to its present site and renamed The Hindu High School.Big MatchJHC play Kokkuvil Hindu College in an annual cricket match known as the Battle of the Hindus. The first match took place in 2008.Principals 1890-92 S. Godman Appapillai 1892-09 Nevins Selvadurai 1910-13 A. Shiva Rao 1913-14 B. Sanjiva Rao 1914-26 Nevins Selvadurai 1926-27 W. A. Troupe 1927-28 M. Sabarathnasinghe 1928-33 V. R. Venkataramanan 1933-52 A. Cumaraswamy 1953-61 V. M. Asaipillai 1962-64 C. Sabaratnam 1964-71 N. Sabaratnam 1971 M. Karthigesan 1971-75 E. Sabalingam 1975-84 P. S. Kumaraswamy 1984-90 S. Ponnampalam 1990-91 K. S. Kugathasan 1991-96 A. Panchalingam 1996-05 A. Srikumaran 2005-14 V. Ganesarajah 2014 – I. Thayanandarajah