{"id":58924,"date":"2021-03-04T15:22:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T15:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=58924"},"modified":"2021-03-04T15:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T15:22:23","slug":"probably-the-oldest-photo-of-royal-college-students-by-rudra-de-zoysa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/probably-the-oldest-photo-of-royal-college-students-by-rudra-de-zoysa\/","title":{"rendered":"Probably the oldest photo of Royal College students \u2013 by Rudra De Zoysa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Probably the oldest photo of Royal College students \u2013 by\u00a0Rudra De Zoysa<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58925 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ROYAL-COLLEGE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\"><sub>Form V<\/sub><sup>A<\/sup><sub> ROYAL COLLEGE 1910. 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