On 18 March 1942, the Royal Air Force took over the school for their use during World War II.

Sir Cyril de Zoysa noticed that it was hard to develop two schools and handed over his Brookline House to the Kalutara Balika Vidyalaya.

The houses are: The annual cricket encounter between Kalutara Vidyalaya and Tissa Central College, known as the "Battle of the Mangosteen", has been held since 1949.

[3] In 1949, Herbert de Silva for Kalutara Vidyalaya and Gamini Karunaratne for Tissa Central College made history as the captains of the Battle of the Mangosteen's debut match.

The first time Tissa Central College won the match in the history of the Battle of the Mangosteen was recorded in 1958.