after Ceylon declared itself a Republic. 1981 – Centenary Celebrations of Cadet Corps was held in Colombo. 1985 – Action was taken to amalgamate Sri Lanka Cadet Corps and the Police Cadet Corps under the Manpower Mobilization and Auxiliary Forces Act, No. 40 of 1985. 1985 – Girls Platoons were started in ten main cities of the island. 1988 – Sri Lanka Cadet Corps, which was part of the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force changed its designation as the National Cadet Corps, and it was ceremonially inaugurated on 29 April 1988 by J. R. Jayewardene, the then President of Sri Lanka under the above Act. 1990 – The National Cadet Corps Training Centre, Rantembe was established on 2 December 1990 by General Cyril Ranathunga, VSV the Secretary, Ministry of Defence. 1995 – A total 98 officers including 25 lady officers were mobilised to serve in the operational areas. Some of them were posted to Army HQ, SLMA, KDA and Sri Lanka Navy for various duties. 2001 – The Ministry of Defence took over Sri Gunalankara Vidyalaya from the Ministry of Education and established the HQ National Cadet Corps at Kalubowila on 18 May 2001. 2006 – 125th Anniversary celebrations. Organization Headquarters Headquarters National Cadet Corps – Colombo General Staff Branch Corps' Secretary Branch Admin Quartering Branch Procurement Branch Finance Branch Headquarters Battalion Battalions National Cadet Corps has 34 Battalions located in; 1st NCC Battalion – Galle 2nd NCC Battalion – Kandy 3rd NCC Battalion – Colombo 4th NCC Battalion – Kurunagala 5th NCC Battalion – Anuradhapura 6th NCC Battalion – Badulla 7th NCC Battalion – Gampaha 8th NCC Battalion – Rathnapura 9th NCC Battalion – Kegalla 10th NCC Battalion – Tangalla 11th NCC Battalion – Polonnaruwa 12th NCC Battalion – Kalutara 13th NCC Battalion – Matale 14th NCC Battalion – Kuliyapitiya 15th NCC Battalion – Monaragala 16th NCC Battalion – Matara 17th NCC Battalion – Ampara 18th NCC Battalion – Nuwara Eliya 19th NCC Battalion – Padukka 20th NCC Battalion – Jaffna 21st NCC Battalion – Trincomalee 22nd NCC Battalion – vavuniya 23rd NCC Battalion – Kundasale 24th NCC Battalion – Debarawewa 25th NCC Girl Battalion – North Western Province 26th NCC Girl Battalion – Western Province 27th NCC Girl Battalion – Southern Province 28th NCC Girl Battalion – Central Province 29th NCC Girl Battalion – Sabaragamuwa Province 30th NCC Girl Battalion – Northern Province 31st NCC Girl Battalion –