Zahira College Colombo is one of the oldest schools in the country with a heritage of over 130 years. OBA has a proud and vast history, spanning nearly 100 years, and has always been at the forefront of impactful and crucial matters relating to the School. Its achievements have been numerous and multidimensional over the decades.

OBA has always been at the core of organizing events and campaigns beneficial to the School. OBA’s historical “take over” campaign against the government to wrest Zahira under its control is unparalleled in the annals of its history.

Had it not been for the prudent initiative of the Zahira College Old Boys’ Association, under the able leadership of the then President late A. C. M. Ameer (QC), Zahira would have been another state-managed government school with a bleak future. They were resilient in the pursuit to have the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka’s decision in 1961 quashed and did not hesitate to take the legal battle even up to the Privy Council (UK) where they finally emerged victorious.